Cornaceae
Alternateleaf dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (7)
- arz
- كورنوس التيرنيفوليا
- Chinese
- 互叶梾木
- Czech
- Svída střídavolistá
- English
- Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate-leaved dogwood, Green osier, Pagoda dogwood
- German
- Wechselblättriger Hartriegel
- Japanese
- コルヌス・アルテルニフォニア
- Spanish
- Cornejo de hojas alternas, Corno pagoda
Synonyms
- Bothrocaryum alternifolium (L.f.) Pojark.
- Cornus alterna Marshall
- Cornus alternifolia f. albomarginata Schelle
- Cornus alternifolia f. albovariegata Schelle
- Cornus alternifolia f. alternifolia
- Cornus alternifolia f. argentea (Rehder) Rehder
- Cornus alternifolia f. ochrocarpa Rehder
- Cornus alternifolia var. argentea Rehder
- Cornus alternifolia var. corallina Aiton
- Cornus alternifolia var. ochroleuca Rehder
- Cornus alternifolia var. variegata Waracek
- Cornus alternifolia var. virescens Aiton
- Cornus plicata Tausch
- Cornus punctata Raf.
- Cornus riparia Raf.
- Cornus riparia var. rugosa Raf.
- Cornus rotundifolia Raf.
- Cornus undulata Raf.
- Swida alternifolia (L.f.) Small
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.