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Viburnum ellipticum, the common viburnum or oval-leaved viburnum, is a species of shrub in family Adoxaceae. It is native to the western United States from Washington to central California, where it occurs in forests and mountain chaparral habitat. The shrub has deciduous leaves with oval or rounded blades 2 to 6 centimeters long. The leaf blade usually has three main longitudinal veins and a shallowly toothed edge. The inflorescence is a flat-topped cyme of many white flowers each 6 to 8 millimeters wide with five whiskery white stamens. The fruit is a drupe about a centimeter long.

Plant type

Shrub

Dormancy

Winter Deciduous

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Color

Cream, White

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 4*, 5*, 6*, 14, 15, 16, 17*

Site type

Moist meadows and streambanks

Plant communities

Chaparral, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 18 likely

Confirmed Likely

Acerra normalis

Miranda Underwing

Amphipyra pyramidoides

Common Gray

Anavitrinella pampinaria