Family | Cornaceae |
Scientific name | Cornus canadensis L. |
Synonyms | Arctocrania suecica (L.) Nakai; Chamaepericlymenum suecicum (L.) Ascherson & Graebner; Cornella suecica (L.) Rydberg; Swida suecica (L.) Holub |
Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo gozen tachibana (エゾゴゼンタチバナ, 蝦夷御前橘 [meaning: Ezo gozen tachibana (Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido, gozen tachibana = Cornus canadensis L.)]) |
(English common name) dwarf cornel, Lapland cornel | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido |
(Other nations) Russia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, United Kingdom, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, USA | |
Habitat | Subalpine or mountane forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=22 (2x) |
Description | Plants 5-20cm tall. Leaves 3-6cm long, 1-3cm wide. Flowers white, flowering in June to July. Fruits red 5-6mm long. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Cornus suecica L. |
Cornus suecica L. | |
Cornus suecica L. |
mid May 2009 at my home |
mid May 2009 at my home |
mid May 2009 at my home |
early May 2009 at my home |