Rough-leaf dogwood

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Rough-leaf dogwood fruit

Rough-leaf dogwood leaves

Rough-leaf dogwood leaves

Rough-leaf dogwood flowers

Rough-leaf dogwood buds

Rough-leaf dogwood

Rough-leaf dogwood fruit

Rough-leaf dogwood

Rough-leaf dogwood buds

Rough-leaf dogwood fruit

Rough-leaf dogwood buds

Rough-leaf dogwood fruit

Rough-leaf dogwood inflorescence

Rough-leaf dogwood leaf scar

Rough-leaf dogwood flowers

Rough-leaf dogwood fruit

Morphology

Trunk

Erect, often forming clumps; roots shallow, spreading.

Twigs

Young twigs rough, often reddish brown; mature branches grayish brown;

Leaves

Opposite, simple, slender stalked, broadly ovate to lanceolate, 2.5 to 4.5 inches long, 1 to 3.5 inches wide, firm, rough above, whitish-woolly below; margins entire; tips tapering to points.

Flowers

In open, nearly flat-topped cymes, 1.5 to 3 inches across, terminal on new branches. Flowers white to cream colored, densely appressed-hairy; sepals 4, whitish; petals 4, oblong-lanceolate, spreading or rolling backward; stamens 4, filaments white, anthers yellow; style 1, cream to pale green.

Fruit

Nearly spherical, about 1/5 inch in diameter, white, 1-seeded, in upright clusters; ripen late summer to early fall.

Ecology

Habitat

Rocky hillsides, woodland edges, thickets, and stream banks.

Distribution

East 3/4 of Kansas.

Practical Information

Uses

Rough-leaf dogwood provides cover for wildlife and the fruits are eaten by many species of birds.

Additional Notes