Cornaceae
Stiff dogwood
Cornus foemina
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 硬梾木
- English
- Stiff dogwood, Swamp dogwood
- Persian
- زغالاخته سفت
Synonyms
- Cornus candidissima Marshall
- Cornus citrifolia Lam.
- Cornus coerulea Meerb.
- Cornus cyanocarpos J.F.Gmel.
- Cornus cyanocarpus J.F.Gmel.
- Cornus fastigiata Michx.
- Cornus foemina subsp. foemina
- Cornus striata DC.
- Cornus stricta Lam.
- Cornus stricta L'Hér.
- Swida foemina (Mill.) Rydb.
- Swida stricta (Lam.) Small
- Thelycrania candidissima Pojark.
- Thelycrania stricta (Lam.) Pojark.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 782 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Drew Hester, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Хомелка, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Stiff dogwood: 美國梾木 Cornus stricta [維也納大學植物園 Vienna University Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E6%A2%BE%E6%9C%A8_Cornus_stricta_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2828136668921%29.jpg/500px-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E6%A2%BE%E6%9C%A8_Cornus_stricta_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2828136668921%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Stiff dogwood: 美國梾木 Cornus stricta [維也納大學植物園 Vienna University Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E6%A2%BE%E6%9C%A8_Cornus_stricta_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2828136668921%29.jpg/1280px-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E6%A2%BE%E6%9C%A8_Cornus_stricta_-%E7%B6%AD%E4%B9%9F%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Vienna_University_Botanical_Garden-_%2828136668921%29.jpg)
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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.