Cornus alternifolia

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cornus alternifolia, Linn. (Svida alternifolia, Small). Fig. 1063. Shrub or small tree, to 25 ft.: lvs. slender-petioled, elliptic or ovate, usually cuneate, acuminate, nearly glabrous above, pale or whitish beneath and appressed pubescent, 3-5 in. long: cymes l½-2½ in. wide: fr. dark blue, globular, ⅓in. across, on red peduncles. May, June. New Bruns. to Ga. and Ala., west to Minn. S.S. 5:216. Em. 463. Wang. 51.—Of very distinct habit, the branches being arranged in irregular whorls, forming flat, horizontally spreading tiers, as in the picture. A variety which shows this habit more distinctly than the common form is var. umbraculifers, Dieck. Var. argentea, Temple & Beard, is a form with white-marked foliage. Var. ochroleuca, Rehd., has yellowish frs. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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