Cornaceae
Blackfruit dogwood
Cornus sessilis
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- كورنوس سيسيليس
- English
- Blackfruit dogwood, Blackfruit cornel, Miner's dogwood
Synonyms
- Macrocarpium sessile (Torr.) Nakai
- Swida sessilis (Torr.) A.Heller
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ben Hayden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kayla Sweeten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Joshua Zupan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katy Swiere, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Colin J Pryor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jon Lee, CC0, 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.