Common dogwood | |
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Common dogwood | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Cornales |
Family: | Cornaceae |
Genus: | Cornus |
Subgenus: | Cornus subg. Kraniopsis |
Species: | C. sanguinea
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Binomial name | |
Cornus sanguinea | |
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Distribution map | |
Synonyms | |
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Cornus sanguinea, the common dogwood or bloody dogwood,[1] is a species of dogwood native to most of Europe and western Asia, from England and central Scotland east to the Caspian Sea. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant.