Softleaf Arrowwood
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Viburnum L.
Species: V. molle Michx.
General Characteristics: V. molle is recognized by its ovate to nearly orbicular leaves, densely soft pubescent beneath, with minutely red-glandular petioles and filiform stipules. The leaf venation ofV. molle is nearly palmate, while the leaf venation of the V. dentatum complex is definitely pinnate.
Special Adaptations: The shoots were used by Native people for making arrow shafts.
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