Cornaceae
Gray dogwood
Cornus racemosa
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- قرانيا عنقودية
- arz
- قرانيا عنقوديه
- Chinese
- 灰枝梾木
- English
- Gray dogwood, Northern swamp dogwood, Panicle dogwood
Synonyms
- Cornus albida Ehrh.
- Cornus comosa Raf.
- Cornus foemina subsp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S.Wilson
- Cornus gracilis Koehne
- Cornus paniculata L'Hér.
- Cornus paniculata var. albida (Ehrh.) Pursh
- Cornus paniculata var. radiata Pursh
- Cornus racemosa f. caeruleocarpa Oswald
- Cornus racemosa f. nielsenii J.W.Moore
- Swida candidissima Small
- Swida gracilis (Koehne) Soják
- Swida racemosa (Lam.) Moldenke
- Thelycrania racemosa (Lam.) D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 478 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Behm, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark Holmes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nightangel224, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sasha vuksinic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: debdebblack, 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.