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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cornus suecica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 118. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Lapland cornel;cornouiller de Suède
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arctocrania suecica
|authority=(Linnaeus) Nakai
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaepericlymenum suecicum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Ascherson & Graebner
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cornella suecica
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cornus biramis
|authority=Stokes
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. herbacea
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cornaceae;Cornus;Cornus subg. Arctocrania;Cornus suecica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cornaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cornus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Cornus subg. Arctocrania]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cornus suecica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 446, 447
|treatment_page=page 448
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem orientation;stem coloration;stem some measurement;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>erect, green, 5–22 cm, appressed-hairy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="node quantity;internode length or size">nodes 4–7, internodes only slightly longer distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="node position or shape;node quantity">branches at distal 1–3 nodes, ca. as long as distal internodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf shape;leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf development;leaf duration;node architecture"><b>Leaves </b>at basal node nonchlorophyllous, opposite, scalelike, caducous, at remaining nodes chlorophyllous, opposite, well developed, persistent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="proximal node quantity">distalmost leaves similar in size to those at 2 more proximal nodes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole some measurement">petiole 0–7.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;apex shape;apex shape;abaxial surface coloration;abaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface coloration;adaxial surface pubescence">blade ovate or oval, 1.3–4 × 0.7–2.8 cm, apex broadly acute or obtuse, abaxial surface pale green, moderately appressed-hairy, adaxial surface bluish green, appressed-hairy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="secondary-vein quantity;secondary-vein orientation;vein position">secondary-veins 3 per side, all arising from near base, occasionally distalmost vein bifurcating in basal 1/5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>5–17-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="peduncle some measurement">peduncle 8–20 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="primary branch some measurement">primary branches 0–0.4 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="bract coloration;bract coloration;bract coloration;bract variability;bract shape;bract length;bract width;apex shape">bracts white, often red or purple-tinged, ± equal, ovate, 8–12 × 4–7.5 mm, apex slightly acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pedicel some measurement;pedicel pubescence"><b>Pedicels </b>0.7–1.5 mm, moderately appressed-hairy proximally, densely at base of hypanthium.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="hypanthium depth;hypanthium coloration or density;hypanthium some measurement;hypanthium pubescence"><b>Flowers:</b> hypanthium deep purple, 1–2 mm, very sparsely appressed-hairy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="sepal depth;sepal coloration or density;sepal some measurement;apex shape;apex width;apex pubescence;apex architecture or function or pubescence">sepals deep purple, 0.2–0.5 mm, apex acute, thick, densely hairy on margins, densely glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="petal coloration or density;petal some measurement;apical awn some measurement">petals purple, 1.2–1.5 mm, apical awn 0.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="nectary coloration;nectary coloration">nectary purple or black.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="drupe quantity;drupe coloration;drupe shape;drupe some measurement"><b>Drupes </b>3–8 per infructescence, red, globose, 5–8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="stone shape;stone diameter;stone architecture">stone usually globose, 2.1–3.4 mm diam., longitudinally grooved, apex rounded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="apex shape;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Maritime heath, tundra, or copse, along streams, peat banks, bogs, marshes.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Que.;Alaska;Eurasia
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cornus suecica
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Arctocrania suecica;Chamaepericlymenum suecicum;Cornella suecica;Cornus biramis;C. herbacea
|basionyms=
|family=Cornaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Maritime heath, tundra, or copse, along streams, peat banks, bogs, marshes.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Que.;Alaska;Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V12/V12_108.xml
|genus=Cornus
|subgenus=Cornus subg. Arctocrania
|species=Cornus suecica
|2n chromosome quantity=22
|abaxial surface coloration=pale green
|abaxial surface pubescence=appressed-hairy
|adaxial surface coloration=bluish green
|adaxial surface pubescence=appressed-hairy
|apex architecture or function or pubescence=glandular
|apex pubescence=hairy
|apex shape=rounded;acute;acute;obtuse;acute
|apex width=thick
|apical awn some measurement=0.5
|blade length=1.3cm;4cm
|blade shape=oval;ovate
|blade width=0.7cm;2.8cm
|bract coloration=purple-tinged;red;white
|bract length=8mm;12mm
|bract shape=ovate
|bract variability=equal
|bract width=4mm;7.5mm
|drupe coloration=red
|drupe quantity=3;8
|drupe shape=globose
|drupe some measurement=5mm;8mm
|hypanthium coloration or density=purple
|hypanthium depth=deep
|hypanthium pubescence=appressed-hairy
|hypanthium some measurement=1mm;2mm
|inflorescence architecture=5-17-flowered
|internode length or size=longer
|leaf arrangement=opposite;opposite
|leaf development=developed
|leaf duration=persistent;caducous
|leaf shape=scale-like
|nectary coloration=black;purple
|node architecture=chlorophyllous
|node position or shape=distal
|node quantity=1;3
|pedicel pubescence=appressed-hairy
|pedicel some measurement=0.7mm;1.5mm
|peduncle some measurement=8mm;20mm
|petal coloration or density=purple
|petal some measurement=1.2mm;1.5mm
|petiole some measurement=0mm;7.5mm
|primary branch some measurement=0mm;0.4mm
|proximal node quantity=2
|secondary-vein orientation=arising
|secondary-vein quantity=3
|sepal coloration or density=purple
|sepal depth=deep
|sepal some measurement=0.2mm;0.5mm
|stem coloration=green
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=appressed-hairy
|stem some measurement=5cm;22cm
|stone architecture=grooved
|stone diameter=2.1mm;3.4mm
|stone shape=globose
|vein position=distalmost
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