NameThatPlant.net: Swida sericea

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida sericea FAMILY Cornaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The nomenclature to apply to this North American species is complex and controversial. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Cornus sericea

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Cornus alba var. alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM) New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Swida sericea

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Cornus stolonifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Swida stolonifera

COMMON NAME:
Red Osier Dogwood, Bailey's Dogwood

To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Swida sericea, Red Osier Dogwood, Bailey's Dogwood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cost4_001_lvd

Bruce A. Sorrie bas_cornus_sericea3

May Madison County KY

Leaves have 5-7 veins on each side, and the inflorescence lacks bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida sericea FAMILY Cornaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus sericea

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cornus alba var. alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOMEN DUBIUM) New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida sericea

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cornus stolonifera

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Swida stolonifera

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Shrub swamps, bottomlands, suburban areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Drupe

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