Walter's Dogwood
Cornus walteri · Cornaceae · 말채나무
Look
- Leaves
- Simple leaves, broadly egg-shaped to elliptic, 3.6 to 11.2 x 1.7 to 5.3 cm, with smooth margins. There are short compound hairs on both sides; dark green above and gray-blue below, with 4 to 5 pairs of lateral veins. The leaf stalk is 1.3 to 3.6 cm.
- Flowers
- In June, white flowers 1.1 to 1.4 cm across open in panicle-like corymbs (4.8 to 8.2 cm across) at the twig tips, with four petals and four stamens.
- Fruit
- A round drupe 4.8 to 5.9 mm across, blackish purple to black. The seed is nearly round with lengthwise wrinkles.
- Bark
- Dark brown or dark gray bark cracking in a net pattern; young twigs are yellow-green or reddish green.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in China and throughout Korea.