NameThatPlant.net: Swida drummondii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/26/20):
Swida drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida asperifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida priceae

COMMON NAME:
Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood

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image of Swida drummondii, Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_codr_007_lvd

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_drummondii_1

September Houston County GA

Oaky Woods WMA

Flowers similar to those of C. alternifolia, in showy flat-topped clusters, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/26/20):
Swida drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida asperifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida priceae

3609

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare

Habitat: Open woodlands and glades over calcareous rocks (limestone, calcareous shale); also naturalized in wetlands and slopes along old railroad tracks (in VA), per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
4-merous
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Drupe

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