Common name:
Guelder-rose
Family:
Scientific name:
Viburnum opulus
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles, except northern Scotland
Height:
Up to 4 m
Habitat:
Hedgerows, woodland
Flowers:
A ring of large flowers (up to 20 mm across) surrounding an inner disc of much smaller flowers; both have five white petals. The outer flowers are sterile, lacking stamens and pistils. The inner flowers have five protruding stamens, over twice as long as the petals
Fruit:
Red berries
Leaves:
Dull green, irregularly shallowly divided into three or five lobes; up to 8 cm long. Lower leaf surfaces have a sparse covering of downy hairs
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
