Cornus amomum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A.Mey.) Rickett image

Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann

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Family Cornaceae
Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A.Mey.) Rickett
blue-fruited dogwood, silky dogwood
Cornus: Latin cornu for "horn," probably referring to the hardness of the wood
amomum: a balsam spice plant

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial, 3'-10' tall shrub; stems purplish twigs
Flower:	white, 4-parted; inflorescence 1 1/2" - 2 1/2 " a compact, flat, branched cluster (cyme); blooms May-June
Fruit:	blue berry
Leaf:	opposite, stalked, ovate-oval, 1"-5" long
Habitat:	moist; woods, riverbanks
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Cornus amomum Mill. subsp. obliqua (Raf.) J.S.Wilson
Cornus obliqua Raf.
Cornus purpusii Koehne
Cornus sericea L. var. schuetzeana C.A.Mey.

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