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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida asperifolia
FAMILY
Cornaceae
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Read more about Eastern Roughleaf Dogwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus asperifolia
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus asperifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Cornus asperifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus asperifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cornus foemina ssp. microcarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-006:
Cornus asperifolia FAMILY Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida microcarpa
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Roughleaf Dogwood
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_820
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_coas2_001_lvd
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Mark A. Musselman mam_roughleafdog060310dz
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Leaves scabrous, trichomes forked or curling, spreading or appressed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Mark A. Musselman mam_roughleafdogw060310
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
The inflorescence is a convex cyme, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Mark A. Musselman mam_roughleafdogw060310c
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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Mark A. Musselman mam_roughleafdogw060310e
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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Mark A. Musselman mam_roughleafdogw060310z
June Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
Flowers small, perfect, 4-merous. Inflorescence an open cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160915_069
September Beaufort County SC
Green's Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160915_072
September Beaufort County SC
Green's Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve
Upper surfaces of the leaves are rough to the touch, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm160915_073
September Beaufort County SC
Green's Shell Enclosure Heritage Preserve
NC-SC populations be of hybrid origin (S. foemina x S. asperifolia), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida asperifolia
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus asperifolia
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus asperifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus asperifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus asperifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cornus foemina ssp. microcarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-006:
Cornus asperifolia
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida microcarpa
2324
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic calcareous forests and thickets, shell middens, calcareous hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p124
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p362
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p426
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p208
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p102
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p111
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p114
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