Details for: PI 468117, Cornus amomum Mill., 'Indigo'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cornus amomum Mill.
Cultivar:
'Indigo'
Origin:
Collected – Michigan, United States
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1982
PI Assigned:
1982
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Life Sex:
Perfect
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cornus amomum Mill.
Cultivar:
'Indigo'
Origin:
Collected – Michigan, United States
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1982
PI Assigned:
1982
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Shrub
Life Sex:
Perfect
Source History
Collected
1961.
Clinton County, Michigan, United States
Locality: Rose Lake Wildlife Experiment Station.
Coordinates: 42.7970, -84.4119 (Map it)
Elevation: 254m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Comment: Coordinates based on location description.
Donated
March 1982.
Michigan, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: NRCS Conservation Plant Releases
Note: These are accessions released by the USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Centers. Accessions may represent germplasm that is of wild origin and has not been altered; germplasm that is of wild origin but developed (F1 or F2) by utilizing numerous germplasms from across a similar ecoregion; or germplasm of cultivated origin. Releases are selections with superior performance.
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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Indigo'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA, NRCS

T 4971
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
‘Indigo’ is a spreading shrub that can grow up to 10 feet tall. The stems are red when young but turn reddish brown and gray as they mature. ‘Indigo’ has yellowish white flowers that bloom in mid June. It produces an abundant crop of fruit, which ripens in September. The fruit is pale to dark blue and about ¼ inch in diameter. Multiple use conservation shrub for windbreaks and wildlife food and cover. 'Indigo' has been evaluated in 20 states, particularly in the Great Lake States, where it has performed well in moist soils. It is moderately shade tolerant but is not drought tolerant. Released in 1982 by the USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service, Rose Lake Plant Materials Center and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Cornus amomum Mill.
Genus:
Cornus
Family:
Cornaceae
Nomen number:

11542
Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Cornus no. 5. 1768
Verified:
09/06/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cornus amomum Mill. subsp. amomum (0 active accession[s])
Cornus amomum Mill. subsp. obliqua (Raf.) J. S. Wilson (7 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishkinnikinnik  1Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland
Englishred-willow  1Hess, W. J. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Englishsilky cornel  1Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland
Englishsilky dogwood  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Germanseidenhaariger Hartriegel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedishsidenkornell  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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  • Description Of NC7 Ornamental Trials: The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials, began in 1954 through the efforts of a small group of dedicated horticulturists under the leadership of Professor S.A. McCrory of South Dakota State College (now University). The north central United States is a region of climatic extremes, and many parts of the region have alkaline soils that developed under grasslands. Because of these conditions, the diversity found in commercially available woody plants adapted to the area is less than that found in most other parts of our nation. The NC-7 Regional Ornamental Plant Trials were started with the ultimate goal of expanding the range of useful plants in the nursery trade. The emphasis in this program has been placed on detailed, long-term evaluations at a broad range of sites rather than on promotion of new plants. The NC-7 Trials rely on a network of horticultural cooperators located at sites scattered across the Central United States. Cooperators establish plantings, observe and evaluate the plants through the seasons, and prepare performance reports one, five, and ten years after planting. These reports are sent to the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (NCRPIS) in Ames, Iowa where they are recorded. Because of the broad range of environments found among the trial sites, it is unusual for any particular trial plant to perform well at a majority of the sites, making system-wide releases difficult. However, when plants perform especially well at sites, the NCRPIS Horticulturist assists trial site cooperators in introducing the new plants, with any official releases initiated through the cooperators' institutions rather than through the Plant Introduction Station.
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