Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Swida amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
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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
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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.
JK Marlow jkm0405u_10
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flat-topped clusters of yellowish-white flowers, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cornus_amomum_1
May
Flowers in pubescent, cymose inflorescences, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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.
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.
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
JK Marlow jkm120913_736
September Greenville County SC
Leaves arcuate-veined with close reddish hairs below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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