Cornus asperifolia Michx.

Cornus asperifolia Miehx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 93. 1803
Cornus sericea y asperifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 272. 1830.
Cornus excetsa y Beyrichiana C. Meyer, Coraus-Arten 27. 1845.
Cornus stricla (3 asperifolia Feay; Wood, Class-Book ed. 1861. 392. 1861.
Cornus microcarpa Nash, Bull. Torrey Club 23: 103. 1896.
Svida microcarpa Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 853. 1903.
Shrubs; branchlets sparsely and minutely scabrid, at first green, becoming grey sometimes tinged with red, the pith white; leaf -blades mostly 3-7 cm. long, 2-4 cm. broad, elliptic, abruptly acuminate, cuneate at the base, greyish-green, scabrid on both surfaces with minute curling or sometimes appressed usually forked trichomes, scarcely paler beneath, not papillose; veins usually 2-4 on either side of the midrib and equally spaced along it; petioles about 5 mm. long or shorter, hirtellose; inflorescence 2-5 cm. across, convex, the usually 4 primary branches clustered, or often separated in 2 groups by a short internode, strigillose or hirtellose; pedicels mostly 1-3 mm. long; hypanthium pale-strigillose or hirtellose; sepals 0.5 mm. long; petals 2.5-3 mm. long, strigillose dorsally; anthers blue; style 2 mm. long; drupes pale blue, about 5 mm. in diameter, the endocarp 3 mm. broad and long, slightly compressed.
Type locality: South Carolina.
Distribution: South Carolina to Florida and (?) Alabama, on the coastal plain.

Cornus asperifolia, called toughleaf dogwood, is species of Cornus native to the southeastern United States. A shrub or small tree typically 3 to 5 m tall, it has yellow‑white flowers and white fruit.

Cornus asperifolia, el sanguiñuelo de las pagodas o sanguiñuelo asperifolio, es una especie del género Cornus. Es una especie originaria del sudeste de los Estados Unidos como Alabama o Florida, las Carolinas, Georgia y Misisipi.

Es un arbusto de hoja caduca que llega hasta los 4 metros de altura, aunque pueden ser mayores hasta el punto de desarrollarse como un árbol. Las hojas tienen una forma oval-elíptica y una longitud de hasta 7 cm. El haz es rugoso y el envés blanco-pubescente, que en el otoño pasa por colores cálidos naranja-amarillo-rojo. Las flores tienen un color blanco amarillento.

Cornus asperifolia là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cornaceae. Loài này được Michx. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1803.