Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Swida amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Silky Dogwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida amomum var. amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-003:
Cornus amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Svida amomum
COMMON NAME:
Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coam2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_coam2_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0401e_02
January Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Twigs reddish with appressed silky hairs, aromatic when scraped, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0405o_36
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0405u_10
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flat-topped clusters of yellowish-white flowers, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm160513_041
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cornus_amomum_1
May
Flowers in pubescent, cymose inflorescences, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140521_170554
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0506h_08
June Oconee County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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JK Marlow jkm0308k_16
August Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_amomum_silky_1
August Floyd County GA
Fruit a berry-like drupe, bluish with white blotches, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm120912_730
September Greenville County SC
Usually 5 or more veins per leaf side, leaf base usually rounded or truncate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120912_731
September Greenville County SC
Pith brown in second-year stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
COMPARE
Silky Dogwood and Southern Swamp Dogwood
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JK Marlow jkm120913_736
September Greenville County SC
Leaves arcuate-veined with close reddish hairs below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow s081006_b
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Swida amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida amomum var. amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-003:
Cornus amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Svida amomum
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it along shores, streams, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
4-merous
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p242
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p020
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p221
- Landscaping with Native Trees p090
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p101
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p166
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p129
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p172
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p19
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p280
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p112