Cornus amomum

Cornus amomum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Cornales
Family:Cornaceae
Genus:Cornus
Subgenus:Cornus subg. Kraniopsis
Species: C. amomum
Binomial name
Cornus amomum

Cornus amomum, the 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, up to 10 cm (4 in) long and 7 cm (2 3⁄4 in) 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.) J.S. Wilson, or Cornus obliqua Raf. - eastern Canada, eastern + south-eastern United States.

References

  1. ↑ "Cornus amomum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wetland Shrubs". North Carolina State. Archived from the original on 2007-09-17.


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