Viburnum rafinesqueanumSchult.

downy arrowwood

WFO wfo-0001290599 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. a Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 205024986
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. b Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 206028621
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by rboles
fig. c rboles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202001430
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by Mary Krieger
fig. d Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201213846
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by rboles
fig. e rboles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199871840
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by Howard Williams
fig. f Howard Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 199153859
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by rboles
fig. g rboles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197945430
Viburnum rafinesqueanum, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. h Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188198311

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Viburnum rafinesqueanum is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin AlabamaArkansasConnecticutGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaIowaKentuckyManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMissouriNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOntarioPennsylvaniaQuébecSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasVermontVirginiaWest VirginiaWisconsin Delaware
Native distribution of Viburnum rafinesqueanum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Kentucky KTY
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Missouri MSO
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
North Dakota NDA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Québec QUE
South Carolina SCA
South Dakota SDA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

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.

Also published as 4 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 affine var. hypomalacum S.F.Blake
  • Viburnum pubescens var. affine (Bush ex C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
  • Viburnum rafinesqueanum var. rafinesqueanum
  • Viburnum villosum Raf.

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.

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