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Cornus obliqua

Plants

Family: Cornaceae · Genus: Cornus

Cornus obliqua

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Cornus obliqua, the blue-fruited dogwood, silky dogwood, or pale dogwood, is a flowering shrub of eastern North America in the dogwood family, Cornaceae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Cornus amomum, which is also known as silky dogwood. It was first described in 1820 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. It is in the subgenus Kraniopsis.

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Growing details and traits for Cornus obliqua in the Library.

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