NameThatPlant.net: Swida drummondii

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cornus drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Cornus drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cornus drummondii

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Cornus drummondii

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Cornus priceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) 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

To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus drummondii FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus drummondii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus drummondii

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cornus drummondii

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cornus priceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) 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

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

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Drupe

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