Cornus amomum
| Cornus amomum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Cornaceae |
| Genus: | Cornus |
| Subgenus: | Kraniopsis |
| Species: | C. amomum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cornus amomum Mill. | |
Cornus amomum Mill. (Silky Dogwood, or Kinnikinnik) is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from Ontario and Quebec south to Arkansas and Georgia.[1] It is also found in other parts of North America. Other names for this dogwood include red willow, silky cornel, squawbush, and indigo dogwood.
It is a deciduous shrub growing to 5 m tall. The leaves are opposite, 10 cm long and 7 cm broad, oval with an acute apex. The flowers are produced in cymes. The fruit is a small blue drupe.[2]
Classification
Silky Dogwood is usually included in the dogwood genus Cornus as Cornus amomum Mill., although it is sometimes segregated in a separate genus as Swida amomum (Mill.) Small.
Depending on the author, two subspecies or species are generally recognized:
- Cornus amomum Mill. subsp. amomum, or Cornus amomum Mill. - eastern + south-eastern United States.
- Cornus amomum subsp. obliqua Raf., or Cornus obliqua Raf. - eastern Canada, eastern + south-eastern United States.
References
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Cornus amomum
- ↑ North Carolina State: Wetland Shrubs
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