24+ Viburnum Lentago Petiole

The bark is reddish to grayish brown and broken into small scales.

Viburnum lentago petiole. Lentago with leaf blades acuminate at apex and petioles mostly 10 20 mm long. Deciduous shrub or small tree 15 18 30 ft 4 5 5 5 9 m tall slender arching branches. This is one of the larger viburnum spp. Nannyberry viburnum viburnum lentago general description a large native tree like shrub occasionally found in north dakota wooded areas. Bud size about 1 2 to 3 4 inch long pointed. Leaves and buds bud arrangement opposite. Leaf blades with irregular and usually rounded teeth sometimes portions of the blade lacking teeth altogether and array of flowers elevated on a stalk 5 50 mm long vs.

Leaf blades obtuse to acute and petioles 5 12 mm long vs. It is a large shrub or small tree growing upwards to 9 m 30 ft tall with a trunk up to 25 cm 10 in in diameter and a short trunk round topped head pendulous flexible branches. Similar species and distinguishing characteristics. Petiole to 2 5 cm often slightly winged. Attractive for its shiny foliage red fall color and fruit display. Viburnum prunifolium leaves 1 5 to 3 5 inches. Nannyberry viburnum has warty margined wide petioles with larger leaves that are serrated and become significantly infected with powdery mildew and yield average to poor mixed fall color while its growth habit is more upright vigorous and less twiggy and plump winter floral buds occur on elongated stalks with a long acuminate tip that resembles a duck s bill.

Nannyberry viburnum lentago resembles blackhaw viburnum viburnum pruinoides except its leaves have more narrow tapering tips and its petioles are narrowly and irregularly winged.