Viburnum tinus L. APNI* Description: Evergreen shrub or small tree to c. 4 m high; stems slightly hairy or glabrous.
Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, mostly 5–9 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide, apex acute or obtuse, base often asymmetric, margins recurved to revolute, upper surface glossy dark green and glabrous, lower surface paler with hairs on veins; petioles 10–20 mm long.
Inflorescences corymb-like, 5–8 cm diam., much-branched, axes often with simple and stellate hairs; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 1–2 mm long. Sepals broadly triangular, 1–2 mm long, ciliate; petals 3–4 mm long, connate to just below middle, white, sometimes tinged pink.
Drupe ovoid, 5–10 mm long, metallic blue-black.
Flowering: Late winter to Spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Native to northern Africa, the Azores, the Canary Islands, southern Europe, the middle-east and western Asia. In NSW naturalised in and around Canberra.
NSW subdivisions: *ST
Other Australian states: *Vic. *S.A.
Text by Val Stajsic, adapted by Kerry Gibbons 21 Apr. 2023.
Taxon concept: VicFlora, [accessed 20 Apr. 2023].
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