Southern arrowwood

Description:

A 6-8 ft. shrub, sometimes taller, with multiple, erect-arching stems in a loose, round habit. White, flat-topped flower clusters are followed by dark blue berries. Lustrous, dark-green foliage turns yellow to wine-red in fall. A shrub with downy twigs, coarsely toothed leaves, and flat-topped clusters of small, white flowers.

Habitat:

Found in North Carolina in scattered locations in the northern Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Seen at the NC Botanical Garden