Cornaceae

Red-barked dogwood

Cornus alba L.

Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus

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Red-barked dogwood (Cornus alba) — FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (32)

Arabic: قرانيا بيضاء
Armenian: Ճապկի սպիտակ
arz: قرانيا بيضاء
Azerbaijani: Ağ zoğal
Belarusian: Свідзіна белая
Bulgarian: Бял дрян
Chinese: 紅瑞木, 红瑞木, 凉子木, 欧洲红瑞木, 红瑞山茱萸, 红瑞木果
Croatian: Bijeli svib, Bijeli drijen, tatarski svib
Czech: Svída bílá
Danish: Hvid Kornel
Dutch: Witte kornoelje
English: Red-barked dogwood, Siberian dogwood, White dogwood, Conus alba
Estonian: Siberi kontpuu, Verev kontpuu
Finnish: Pensaskanukka, Idänpensaskanukka, Korallikanukka, Lännenpensaskanukka, Valkomarjakanukka
French: Cornouiller blanc
German: Tatarischer Hartriegel, Weißer Hartriegel
hsb: Tatarski drěn
Hungarian: Fehér som
Japanese: シラタマミズキ
Korean: 흰말채나무
Lithuanian: Baltoji sedula
Norwegian Bokmål: Sibirkornell, Kvitkornell
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sibirkornell, Kvitkornell
Persian: زغالاخته سفید
Polish: Dereń biały
Russian: Дёрен белый, Кизил белый, Кизильник татарский, Свида белая, Теликрания белая
sah: Кыһыл талах
Slovak: Drieň biely
Slovenian: Tatarski dren
Spanish: Corno Siberiano
Swedish: Kornell
Welsh: Cwyrosyn rhisgl coch

Synonyms

Cornus alba f. argenteomarginata (Rehder) Schelle
Cornus alba f. gouchaultii (Carrière) Rehder
Cornus alba f. rosenthalii Schwer.
Cornus alba f. sibirica (Lodd. ex Loudon) Geerinck
Cornus alba f. spaethii (Späth) Schelle
Cornus alba subsp. tatarica (Mill.) Wangerin
Cornus alba var. albomarginata Burv.
Cornus alba var. argenteomarginata Rehder
Cornus alba var. gouchaultii (Carrière) Rehder
Cornus alba var. kesselringii (E.Wolf) Rehder
Cornus alba var. marginata G.Paul
Cornus alba var. rutokensis Miyabe & T.Miyake
Cornus alba var. sibirica Lodd. ex Loudon
Cornus alba var. spaethii Späth
Cornus dichotoma Raf.
Cornus hessei Koehne
Cornus mas var. nana Dippel
Cornus pumila Koehne
Cornus purpurea Tausch
Cornus sibirica Lodd.
Cornus sibirica (Lodd. ex Loudon) Loudon
Cornus sibirica var. aureaspaethii Pynaert
Cornus sibirica var. gouchaultii Carrière
Cornus sibirica var. kesselringii E.Wolf
Cornus spaethii G.Nicholson
Cornus subumbellata Komatsu
Cornus tartarica Mill.
Cornus tatarica var. sibirica (Lodd. ex Loudon) Koehne
Swida alba (L.) Opiz
Swida alba var. argenteo-marginata (Rehder) Moldenke
Swida alba var. sibirica (Lodd. ex Loudon) P.D.Sell
Swida hessei (Koehne) Soják
Swida pumila (Koehne) Soják
Swida subumbellata (Komatsu) Holub
Thelycrania alba (L.) Pojark.

Flowers

In flower: April to August (from 132 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Natalia Kazakova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dori, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jemm -, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zoe levchenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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). About our plant data.