Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Benthamidia japonica
FAMILY
Cornaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus kousa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus kousa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Cornus kousa
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Benthamidia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus kousa
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Cynoxylon kousa
COMMON NAME:
Kousa Dogwood
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JK Marlow jkm140525_199
May Henderson County NC
Creamy, white, taper-pointed bracts are the showy part of the inflorescence, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm140525_205
May Henderson County NC
The 5/8" rounded umbels on upright 2" peduncles hold the true flowers, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm140525_209
May Henderson County NC
Leaves elliptic-ovate, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm140525_214
May Henderson County NC
Bark exfoliating with age, forming a mosaic of gray, tan, and brown, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm140525_222
May Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm190909_1382
September Greenville County SC
Furman University
Fruits berrylike, ~ 3cm across, resembling large raspberries when ripe, per New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US (Rawlins et al., 2018).
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Sam Pratt sbp092120_1793
September Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp092120_1794
September Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp092220_image0
September Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_090821suches07
September Fannin County GA
Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Benthamidia japonica
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus kousa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus kousa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus kousa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Benthamidia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus kousa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Cynoxylon kousa
3627
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Suburban areas, sometimes planted as an ornamental and may persist or seed down in the immediate vicinity of the parent tree, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: China, Japan & Korea
Waif(s)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
4 white or pink bracts surround a cluster of small flowers
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish red to red
Drupe
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