OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coam2_001_lvd

        

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_coam2_005_lvd

        

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

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).

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm0405o_36

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

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).

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm160513_041

May    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

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).

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140521_170554

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm0506h_08

June    Oconee County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm0308k_16

August    Greenville County    SC

Roadside/creekside

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

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).

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

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.

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm120912_731

September    Greenville County    SC

Pith brown in second-year stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Silky Dogwood and Southern Swamp Dogwood

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm120913_736

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves arcuate-veined with close reddish hairs below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Swida amomum, Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel

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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