Southern Arrowwood is an uncommon shrub up to six feet tall, found in North Carolina in the southwestern Mountains and scattered locations in the northern Piedmont and Coastal Plain. The similar but less common Smooth Arrowwood (V. dentatum var. lucidum) has smooth leaves and grows along rivers and in wetlands. Southern Arrowwood has broader, more coarsely toothed leaves and longer petioles than Downy Arrowwood (V. rafinesquianum), which is much more common in the Piedmont.
Chatham Co., NC 9/20/08.
Flower buds. Flowers are similar to Downy Arrowwood, but Southern Arrowwood blooms a few weeks later.
Granville Co., NC 4/26/09.
Granville Co., NC 4/26/09.
The fruits are dark blue.
Chatham Co., NC 9/20/08.
