| Scientific Name: | Viburnum dentatum |
| Common Name: | arrowhead viburnum |
| Family Name: | Viburnaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Fall interest, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Heavily veined, Lustrous, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Blue, Violet, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, most blades 4-9cm long x 2-6cm wide, margins coarsely toothed; underside finely pubescent, petioles mostly 1-2cm long; cymes corymb-like, about 7cm wide, flowers ~5mm wide, 5 creamy-white petals; drupes oval, 7-9mm long, bluish-black. Winter ID: twigs slender, 4-sided, buds adpressed, 6-7mm long, 2 lower bud scales form a v-shaped notch centered over the leaf scar. | |