Viburnum ellipticum
Oval-leaved viburnum, Oval-Leaved Viburnum
Family: Viburnaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3
Oval-leaved viburnum is a California native shrub found in northwestern California, northern Sierra Nevada foothills, and San Francisco Bay Area in chaparral and yellow-pine forest, typically on north-facing slopes at elevations of 300 to 1,400 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers approximately 6 to 8 millimeters in diameter. Growing with erect branches 1 to 2 meters tall, the shrub develops a dense, rounded form. Its leaves are distinctively elliptical to round, 2 to 6 centimeters long, with coarse teeth along the upper half and covered in numerous non-glandular hairs. The fruit develops as an elliptical drupe that begins red and darkens to black as it matures.
Habitat: Chaparral, yellow-pine forest, generally n-facing slopes
Bloom period: Jun-Aug
Elevation: 300-1400 m
Bioregions: NW, n&c SNF, SnFrB
California counties: Fresno, Contra Costa, Glenn, Sonoma, Mendocino, Shasta, Humboldt, El Dorado, Placer, Napa, Mariposa
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.