Viburnum rafinesqueanum J.A. Schultes. Downy Arrow-wood. Phen: Mid Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Hab: Dry-mesic to dry woodlands and forests, especially over mafic rocks (but not at all restricted to such sites), less commonly in moister sites, also bluffs, stream banks, and riparian forests. Dist: NH, QC and MB south to n. GA, AL, AR, and OK; apparently not yet recorded for SC.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The correct (Code-compliant) spelling of the epithet is "rafinesqueanum", not "rafinesquianum".

Synonymy: = K4, NY, Va; = Viburnum rafinesquianum Bush ex C.K.Schneid. – Ar, GrPl, K1, K3, Mi, Pa, RAB, S, W, WV, orthographic variant; > Viburnum affine Bush ex C.K.Schneid. var. affine – McAtee (1956); > Viburnum affine Bush ex C.K.Schneid. var. hypomalacum Blake – McAtee (1956); > Viburnum rafinesquianum Bush ex C.K.Schneid. var. affine (Bush ex C.K.Schneid.) House – C, F, G, Il; > Viburnum rafinesquianum Bush ex C.K.Schneid. var. rafinesquianum – C, F, G, Il, NE, Tn, Ferguson (1966a)

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