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Botanical details
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Cornus
- Genus description
Cornus can be deciduous shrubs or trees, or creeping, woody-based perennials, some with brightly coloured young stems. Tiny flowers are borne in dense clusters, sometimes with showy bracts. Many have fine autumn colour
- Name status
Accepted
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