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Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare in NC

Look for it in wet forests and thickets, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Gray then White
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Landscaping with Native Trees p090
• Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p106
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p102
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p166
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p093
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p112

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cornus racemosa   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus racemosa   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 142-01-004:
Cornus racemosa   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Svida femina