Viburnum lantana, 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

2. V. lantana L. , Sp. Pl. 268 (1753) .

Deciduous shrub up to 6 m. Twigs with dense, greyish, stellate pubescence, terete; buds naked. Leaves 4-14 x 3-5-9 cm, ovate-lanceolate, ovate or obovate, usually acute, serrulate, rugose and sparingly stellatepubescent above, densely stellate-tomentose beneath; petioles 1-3-5 cm; stipules absent. Inflorescence 6-10 cm in diameter; peduncle 1-2-5 cm. Flowers 5-9 mm in diameter, uniform, fertile, creamy-white. Fruit c. 8 mm, compressed-ovoid, red at first, later black. 2л = 18. C. & S. Europe, extending to C. Ukraine, and westwards to N. Spain and England. Al Au Be Br Bu Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Rm Rs (W, K) [No Su].