Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/26/20):
Benthamidia japonica
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus kousa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Benthamidia japonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Cynoxylon kousa
COMMON NAME:
Kousa Dogwood
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JK Marlow jkm140525_199
May Henderson County NC
Creamy, white, taper-pointed bracts are the showy part of the inflorescence, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm140525_205
May Henderson County NC
The 5/8" rounded umbels on upright 2" peduncles hold the true flowers, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm140525_209
May Henderson County NC
Leaves elliptic-ovate, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm140525_214
May Henderson County NC
Bark exfoliating with age, forming a mosaic of gray, tan, and brown, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm140525_222
May Henderson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm190909_1382
September Greenville County SC
Furman University
Fruits berrylike, ~ 3cm across, resembling large raspberries when ripe, per New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US.
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Sam Pratt sbp092120_1793
September Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp092120_1794
September Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp092220_image0
September Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation