Deciduous shrub to about 2 m tall. Branches maroon, hairless, except in cultivars. Leaves to 10 cm long, oblong to lanceolate, waxy-blue on both surfaces, tip pointed, vein pairs 4-7. Flowers white in flat-topped clusters 4-5 cm wide; summer. Fruits white, 6-9 mm wide. Syn. C. sericea L.
Coloured-stem cultivars are often grown next to water for their reflections.
E North America, Mexico.
Source: (2002). Cornaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Cornus stolonifera)
