Family | CORNACEAE |
Genus species | Cornus suecica L. |
Synonyms | Cornus biramis Stokes |
Cornus borealis Krasch. | |
Cornus herbacea L. | |
Habitat | thickets |
Description | leaves sessile, pale green, sparsely appresed hirsute, abaxially pale, glaucous, glabrous, upper leaves elliptic, acuminate, inflorescence superimposed leaves, petals 1-2mm |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | procumbent shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Fřroyar , Great Britain , Iceland , Norway , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Germany , Netherlands , Poland ) Eastern Europe (Baltic States , Central European Russia , North European Russia , Northwest European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (Manchuria ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories ) Western Canada (British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Québec) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CORNACEAE
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