Cornus amomum Mill.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Cornaceae

• Scientific Name

  Cornus amomum Mill.

• Description

  Species Description - Solitary shrub 1–3(–5) m; young twigs loosely pubescent, later ± glabrate and becoming maroon, the pith dark brown; old bark fissuring; infl a flat to somewhat rounded cyme; sep 1–2 mm; distal 1 mm of style abruptly thickened to twice the diameter below; fr blue, 6–9 mm; stone strongly ridged; 2n=22. Moist or wet woods and along streams; Me. and Que. to Minn., s. to Ga., Ark., and Okla. May–July. Two well marked geographic vars.

• Common Names

  knob-styled dogwood