• leaves opposite, simple, elliptic to ovate, coming to point
• leaves dark green, with smooth margin
• flower bud borne on branch tips, valvate, plump
• foliar buds small, valvate, hidden in leaf scar
• stems angled and red-brown when young
• stems become a distinct gray when older
• flowers in late spring, creamy, in terminal panicles
• fruit a bluish-white drupe, taken early by birds
• fruit borne on bright red-pink pedicels that remain after fruit and are very showy
• habit a multi-stemmed, suckering shrub with upright stems

View Cornus racemosa page in the UConn Plant Database