Cornaceae
Silky dogwood
Cornus amomum
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Belarusian
- Свідзіна Амома
- Chinese
- 熊果梾木
- English
- Silky dogwood, Kinnikinnick, Red willow, Silky cornel, Squawbush
- German
- Seidenhaariger Hartriegel
Synonyms
- Cornus amomum subsp. amomum
- Cornus amomum var. amomum
- Cornus amomum var. schuetzeana (C.A.Mey.) Rickett
- Cornus atrata Raf.
- Cornus coerulea Lam.
- Cornus cyanocarpa var. albescens Farw.
- Cornus cyanocarpus Moench
- Cornus ferruginea Lam.
- Cornus ferulacea Jacq. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Cornus ferulifolia Nocca
- Cornus ignorata K.Koch
- Cornus lanuginosa Michx.
- Cornus mexicana Carrière
- Cornus minor Steud.
- Cornus oblongifolia Raf. ex DC.
- Cornus polygama Raf.
- Cornus rubiginosa Ehrh.
- Cornus sericea var. schuetzeana C.A.Mey.
- Swida amomum (Mill.) Small
- Swida amomum var. schuetzeana (C.A.Mey.) A.Haines
- Thelycrania amomum (Mill.) Pojark.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.