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FamilyCORNACEAE
Genus speciesCornus suecica L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 118 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic to n. Temp. Northern Hemisphere
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets
Descriptionleaves sessile, pale green, sparsely appresed hirsute, abaxially pale, glaucous, glabrous, upper leaves elliptic, acuminate, inflorescence superimposed leaves, petals 1-2mm
Size15-25cm
Colorpurplish red
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArctocrania suecica (L.) Nakai
Chamaepericlymenum suecicum (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
Cloranthus integrifolius Schult.f. ex Miq.
Cornella suecica (L.) Rydb.
Cornus biramis Stokes
Cornus borealis Krasch.
Cornus herbacea L.
Cornus suecica var. leucocarpa Lindstr.
Cornus suecica f. semivirescens Vict.
Eukrania suecica (L.) Merr.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (GER Germany, NET Netherlands)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia)
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin)
     36 China (CHM Manchuria)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, QUE Québec)
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