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FamilyCORNACEAE
Genus speciesCornus canadensis L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 118 (1753)
Native RangeRussian Far East to Japan, Subarctic America to n. & c. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Descriptionleaves opposite or verticillate, broadly lanceolate, with distinct venation, from centre of leaves growing up shortly pedicellate, tetramerous flower with yellow-green eye
Size15-20cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsArctocrania 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
Territory3 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)
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