Cornus walteri

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|name = Korean dogwood

|image = Cornus walteri.JPG

|genus = Cornus

|parent = Cornus subg. Kraniopsis

|species = walteri

|authority = Wangerin

|synonyms = *Cornus coreana {{au|Wangerin}}

• Cornus henryi Hemsl. ex Wangerin
• Cornus walteri var. confertiflora W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
• Cornus walteri var. insignis W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
• Cornus yunnanensis H.L.Li
• Swida coreana (Wangerin) Soják
• Swida walteri (Wangerin) Soják
• Swida walteri var. confertiflora (W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu) W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
• Swida walteri var. insignis (W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu) W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
• Thelycrania coreana (Wangerin) Pojark.

|synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList|id=kew-47545|taxon=Cornus walteri|authority=Wangerin|accessdate=8 November 2013}}

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Cornus walteri, also called Walter's dogwood,{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|title=English Names for Korean Native Plants|publisher=Korea National Arboretum|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|location=Pocheon|pages=421|access-date=22 December 2016|via=Korea Forest Service|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}} is a deciduous shrub or small tree 8–16 m tall, native to eastern Asia in Korea and much of China from Liaoning to Yunnan.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242314481 Flora of China, v 14 p 214, Cornus walteri][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242314431 Flora of China, v 14 p 211, Cornus coreana]

Cornus walteri has opposite, simple leaves, 5–12 cm long. The flowers are produced in inflorescences 6–8 cm diameter, each flower individually small and whitish. The flowering is in spring, after it leafs out. The fruit is a round, reddish-purple "drupaceous berry", 2.5-3.5 cm diameter.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/11265#page/114/mode/1up Wangerin, Walther. 1908. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 6(107–112): 99, as both Cornus walteri and Cornus coreana listed separately]Soják, Jiří. 1960. Novitates Botanicae et Delectus Seminum Horti Botanici Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis. Prague p 10, as Swida coreanaFang & W.K.Hu. 1984. Bulletin of Botanical Research. Harbin 4(3): 108 as Swida walteriLi, Hui Lin. 1944. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 35:312, as Cornus yunnanensis

It is closely related to the European common dogwood (C. sanguinea).

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