Family | CORNACEAE |
Genus species | Cornus suecica L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 118 (1753) |
Native Range | Subarctic to n. Temp. Northern Hemisphere |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Arctocrania 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. |
Territory | 0 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) |