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Viburnum opulus, the guelder rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae native to Europe, northern Africa and central Asia. Its common name relates to the Dutch province of Gelderland, where a popular cultivar, the snowball tree, supposedly originated. This photograph of a V. opulus infructescence (ensemble of fruits) was taken in Keila, Estonia.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus