Cornaceae
Bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- قرانيا دموية
- Armenian
- Ճապկի արնակարմիր
- arz
- قرانيا دمويه
- Asturian
- Cornapuya, Escuernacabra, Escuernacabres
- Azerbaijani
- Al-qırmızı zoğal
- Basque
- Zuhandor
- Belarusian
- Свідзіна крывава-чырвоная, Савідавае дзерава, Свідзіна, Свідніца
- Bulgarian
- Кучи дрян
- Catalan
- Sanguinyol
- Chinese
- 欧洲红瑞木
- Croatian
- Sviba
- Czech
- Svída krvavá, Svída jižní, Svída uherská
- Danish
- Rød Kornel
- Dutch
- Rode kornoelje
- English
- Bloodtwig dogwood, Dogwood, Common dogwood, Bloody dogwood
- Esperanto
- Ruĝa kornuso, Kornuso ruĝa, Kutima kornuso
- Estonian
- Verev kontpuu
- Finnish
- Mustamarjakanukka
- French
- Cornouiller sanguin, Bois punais, Cornouiller femelle, Olivier de Normandie, Puègne blanche
- Galician
- Sangomiño
- German
- Roter Hartriegel, Blutroter Hartriegel, Cornin, Hundsbeere, Roter Hornstrauch, Rotes Beinholz
- gv
- Billey ny coyin
- Hebrew
- קרנית מאדימה
- hsb
- Čerwjeny drěn, Drěnka
- Hungarian
- Veresgyűrű som
- Italian
- Sanguinella, Sanguinello
- Lithuanian
- Raudonoji sedula
- lmo
- Sanguanì
- Macedonian
- Црн дрен
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Villkornell
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Villkornell
- Occitan
- Cornièr sanguinòl
- pcd
- Puhin·nhe, Bòdcå, Bòpuhant, Puhéte, Suzin·ne
- Persian
- ال قرمز
- pms
- Sanguin
- Polish
- Dereń świdwa, Świdwa
- Romanian
- Sânger, Sînger
- Russian
- Кизил кроваво-красный, Дёрен кроваво-красный, Свиди́на кроваво-красная
- sco
- Common Dugwid
- Slovak
- Svib krvavý
- Slovenian
- Rdeči dren
- Spanish
- Arbol frio, Arbol frío, Carrampuya, Cornapuya, Cornejo comun, Cornejo común, Cornejo encarnado, Corno hembra
- Swedish
- Skogskornell, Korallkornell
- Ukrainian
- Дерен-свидина
- Welsh
- Cwyrosyn cwyros
Synonyms
- Swida sanguinea (L.) Opiz
- Thelycrania sanguinea (L.) Fourr.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 1,126 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Christine, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brenda Black, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Llydia, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.