1379 Cornus alba L.

Syn.: C. tatarica Mill, C. sibirica Lodd.

This species is restricted to E. Europe and Asia. The range of the closely related N. American C. sericea L. (syn.: C. stolonijera Michx) is also marked on the map. It is often cultivated in Europe. The C. alba complex belongs to the circumpolar plants (Hultén, Circumpol. Il, p. 176 and map 167). Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 323.