Family | CORNACEAE |
Genus species | Cornus canadensis L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 118 (1753) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to Japan, Subarctic America to n. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves opposite or verticillate, broadly lanceolate, with distinct venation, from centre of leaves growing up shortly pedicellate, tetramerous flower with yellow-green eye |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arctocrania canadensis (L.) Nakai Chamaepericlymenum canadense (L.) Asch. & Graebn. Chamaepericlymenum canadense f. purpurascens Miyabe & Tatew. Cornella canadensis (L.) Rydb. Cornus canadensis f. albomacula Lepage Cornus canadensis f. alpestris (House) Lepage Cornus canadensis var. alpestris House Cornus canadensis f. aphylla Lepage Cornus canadensis f. bifoliata Lepage Cornus canadensis f. connatifolia Lepage Cornus canadensis var. dutillyi (Lepage) B.Boivin Cornus canadensis f. dutillyi Lepage Cornus canadensis f. elongata Peck Cornus canadensis f. florulenta Lakela Cornus canadensis f. foliolosa Lepage Cornus canadensis f. infraverticillata Lepage Cornus canadensis f. medeoloides Lepage Cornus canadensis f. ornata Lepage Cornus canadensis ssp. pristina Gervais & Blondeau Cornus canadensis f. purpurascens (Miyabe & Tatew.) H.Hara Cornus canadensis f. ramosa Lepage Cornus canadensis f. rosea Fernald Cornus canadensis f. secunda Lepage Cornus canadensis f. semivirescens J.Cay. Cornus canadensis f. virescens Lepage Cornus canadensis f. viridis B.Boivin Cornus cyananthus Raf. Cornus fauriei H.Lév. Cornus herbacea var. canadensis (L.) Pall. Cornus suffuticosa Raf. Cynoxylon canadense (L.) J.H.Schaffn. Eukrania canadensis (L.) Merr. Eukrania cyananthus (Raf.) Merr. Mesomora canadense (L.) Lunell |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHM Manchuria) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (MRY Maryland, VRG Virginia) |