CORNACEAE - - Dogwood Family

Cornus amomum P. Miller — Silky Dogwood

Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) - Usually a shrub to 3 m. tall; twigs purple or reddish, pith brown; leaves are opposite, dark green and nearly glabrous above, lighter green or slightly paler beneath, with spreading brown hairs, at least on the main veins and with 5 or more veins per leaf side. The flowers are white to yellow-white in flat dense cymes, usually slightly villous; fruits are blue or sometimes party white, 6 mm. across; stone subglobose, furrowed.

Habitat:

Shores, streams, bottomlands.

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

The range of Cornus amomum (Silky 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 amomum (Silky 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/.