Giant Dogwood
Cornus controversa · Cornaceae · 층층나무
How to spot it
Horizontal branches appear tiered, and alternate leaves are dark green above and silvery green beneath. Alternate leaves are an uncommon trait in Cornus, where opposite leaves are the norm.
Look
- Leaves
- Simple leaves 8-15 cm long, dark green above and silvery green beneath.
- Flowers
- Small cream-white flowers gather in flat cymes from late spring to early summer.
- Fruit
- Bluish-black drupes under 1 cm across appear in late summer.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native
- Native to
- Native to China, the Himalayas, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.