Viburnum tinus, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 45

3. V. tinus L. , Sp. Pl. 267 (1753) .

Evergreen shrub up to 7 m. Twigs glabrous or sparsely pubescent, weakly angled. Leaves 3-10 x 1 -5-7 cm, ovate-orbicular to ovate-lanceolate, entire, obtuse or acute, glabrous, shining, dark green above, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent beneath; petioles 0-5-1 -5(-2) cm; stipules absent. Inflorescence 4-9 cm in diameter; peduncle 0-5-2-5 cm. Flowers 5-9 mm in diameter, uniform, fertile, pink­ ish outside, white inside. Fruit c. 8 mm, subglobose, dark blue. S. Europe. Al Az BI Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si [Br],