CORNACEAE - - Dogwood Family

Cornus drummondii C.A. Meyer — Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood

Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii) - Upright shrub or small tree to 50 feet high; branches gray, with brown (rarely white) slender pith; leaves ovate to elliptic, with prolonged tips, scabrous (rarely smooth) above, pilose-woolly beneath; corymbs round-topped, pubescent, 4-7 cm. broad; corolla subcylindric in bud; petals 4.5-6 mm. long; fruit white, 5-6 mm. in diameter; stone subglobose.

Habitat:

Open woodlands and glades over calcareous rocks (limestone, calcareous shale).

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Cornus drummondii (Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Cornus drummondii (Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.