Cornus amomum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Cornaceae |
| Genus: | Cornus |
| Subgenus: | Cornus subg. Kraniopsis |
| Species: | C. amomum
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| Binomial name | |
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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
- ^ "Cornus amomum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Wetland Shrubs". North Carolina State. Archived from the original on 2007-09-17.
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