Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
		
	
	
	
	
						
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
	
	
		 
		
	
Swida sericea 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cornaceae
	
	
	
		 
		 
		
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The nomenclature to apply to this North American species is complex and controversial. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
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	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 
	
	
		
		
		
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cornaceae
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Cornus sericea
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cornus alba var. alba
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM) New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida sericea
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cornus stolonifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Swida stolonifera
COMMON NAME:
Red Osier Dogwood, Bailey's Dogwood
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_cornus_sericea3
May Madison County KY
Leaves have 5-7 veins on each side, and the inflorescence lacks bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
	
	
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
	
	
		 
		
	
Swida sericea 	
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cornaceae
	
INCLUDING
	
	
	PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
	
			
	
	
	
    
	
	
	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 
	
	
	
	
	 
	 
	FAMILY
	Cornaceae
	
	SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
 
	Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
	
	
	Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera
	
	SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
	Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
	
	Cornus sericea
	
	INCLUDED WITHIN
	
 
	Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
	
	
	Cornus alba var. alba
	
	SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM)
	
 
	New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
	
	
	Swida sericea
	
	INCLUDING
	
 
	Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
	
	
	Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
 
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
	
  
	Cornus stolonifera
	
SYNONYMOUS WITH
	
 
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	Swida stolonifera
	
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