Your search found 13 image(s) of Silky Dogwood and Southern Swamp Dogwood.
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Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel
Swida amomum
Look for it along shores, streams, bottomlands
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Flowers in pubescent, cymose inflorescences, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Fruit a berry-like drupe, bluish with white blotches, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Usually 5 or more veins per leaf side, leaf base usually rounded or truncate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Pith brown in second-year stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Leaves arcuate-veined with close reddish hairs below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
Southern Swamp Dogwood
Swida foemina
Look for it in swamps, streambanks, marshes, alluvial forests
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Flowers borne in a flat 1-2.5" cluster, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Drupes grayish, becoming bright blue, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Pith white in second-year stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Usually 3-4 veins per leaf side, per Weakley's Flora.
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Leaves glabrous beneath or with a few short, straight, appressed trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Drupes bright blue, globose, about 6-7mm in diameter, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.