Photo by Jan Tezlaff
Bunchberry Dogwood is a native, perennial in Wisconsin. It grows to a height of six to nine inches tall. The flowers are only a few millimeters in diameter. The flowers have creamy white star shaped petals. The leaves are short stalked. They measure about three inches long and two inches wide. The leaf bases are wedge shaped. The tips of the leaves are abruptly pointed. And the veins curve outward toward the leaf tip. It grows in damp and shady woodlands and under large trees and shrubs. (LS)