Viburnum edule(Michx.) Raf.

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WFO wfo-0000421096 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viburnum edule, photographed by tonyblake
fig. a tonyblake, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 205012875
Viburnum edule, photographed by Shane Johnson
fig. b Shane Johnson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204447972
Viburnum edule, photographed by Lauren Bosch
fig. c Lauren Bosch, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201429451
Viburnum edule, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. d Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157159168
Viburnum edule, photographed by Randal
fig. e Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157916260
Viburnum edule, photographed by Mark Worthing
fig. f Mark Worthing, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158439033
Viburnum edule, photographed by 66dodge
fig. g 66dodge, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163550466
Viburnum edule, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. h Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156691409

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Viburnum edule is native: Magadan, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon MagadanAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoIdahoLabradorMaineManitobaMichiganMinnesotaMontanaNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew YorkNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioOregonPennsylvaniaQuébecSaskatchewanSouth DakotaVermontWashingtonWisconsinWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Viburnum edule, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Vermont VER
Washington WAS
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Magadan MAG ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 347 in flower of 1,285 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Viburnum edule observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 347 of 1,285 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 6 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Viburnum eradiatum (Oakes) House
  • Viburnum opulus var. edule Michx.
  • Viburnum opulus var. eradiatum Oakes

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.