Vasilis Teodoridis:
Cornaceae | Cornus
16. Cornus walteri Wangerin; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 99. 1908.
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Trees 6–15 m tall. Bark dark gray; rectangularly splitting. Young branches green; ± 4-angled; densely pubescent with grayish white short trichomes; old branches yellow-green; glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole (0.8–)3.5 cm; leaf blade light green abaxially; narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate; 4–12(–15) x 1.7–5.5(–8) cm; papery; abaxially with grayish white short appressed trichomes; scabrous; veins 4(or 5); small veins inconspicuously reticulate; base cuneate; rarely rounded or cordate; often oblique; apex shortly to long acuminate. Corymbose cymes dense; 7–9 cm wide; with short white trichomes. Pedicels 0.8–2.7 mm. Flowers fragrant; white; ca. 9.5 mm in diam. Calyx lobes triangular; ca. 0.4 mm; equal to disk. Petals oblong-lanceolate; 4.5–6 x 1.2–1.5 mm. Stamens 4.8–5 mm; equal to or longer than petals; anthers light yellow; rarely rosy red; oblong-ovoid. Style clavate; ca. 3.5 mm; stigma capitate; not broader than style. Fruit black; globose; 6–7(–8) mm in diam.; stones compressed globose; ca. 5 x 4 mm; inconspicuously ribbed. Fl. May–Jun; fr. Aug–Oct.
Mixed sparse to dense forests; 300–2500(–3000) m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Liaoning; Ningxia; Shaanxi; Shandong; Shanxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang.