Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
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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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Cornus amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida amomum var. amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-003:
Cornus amomum FAMILY Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cornus amomum ssp. amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
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 (Lance).
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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 (Hunter, 2002).
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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 (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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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 (Spira, 2011).
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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 (Lance).
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 (Lance).
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JK Marlow s081006_b
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida amomum var. amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-003:
Cornus amomum
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cornus amomum ssp. amomum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida amomum
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Shores, streams, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Hunter, 2002) p242
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p020
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p221
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p278
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p204
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p090
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p101
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p166
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p172
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p19
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p280
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p112
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