Cornaceae

Pacific dogwood

Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray

Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus

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Common names

By language (10)

arz: كورنوس نوتالى
Bulgarian: Нателов дрян
Chinese: 太平洋四照花, 太平洋狗木
English: Pacific dogwood, Mountain dogwood, Western dogwood
German: Nuttalls Blüten-Hartriegel
Hebrew: קרנית הררית
Hungarian: Nagyvirágú som
Japanese: タイヘイヨウハナミズキ
Russian: Бентамидия Наттолла
Ukrainian: Кизил тихоокеанський

Synonyms

Benthamia nuttallii (Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray) Nakai
Benthamidia nuttallii (Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray) Moldenke
Cynoxylon nuttallii (Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray) Shafer

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William Kerney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Na Chavushyan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: benvancitters, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fred Boone, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.