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|accepted_name=Cornus canadensis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 118. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Bunchberry;dwarf cornel;quatre-temps
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arctocrania canadensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Nakai
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|name=Chamaepericlymenum canadense
|authority=(Linnaeus) Ascherson & Graebner
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cornella canadensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rydberg
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|name=Cornus canadensis subsp. pristina
|authority=Gervais & Blondeau
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. cyananthus
|authority=Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cynoxylon canadense
|authority=(Linnaeus) J. H. Schaffner
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mesomora canadensis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Lunell
}}
|hierarchy=Cornaceae;Cornus;Cornus subg. Arctocrania;Cornus canadensis
|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 canadensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 446
|treatment_page=page 447
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, green, 5–25 cm, appressed-hairy; nodes 4–6, internodes progressively longer distally; branches only at distalmost node, much shorter than distal internodes so stems appear unbranched. <b>Leaves</b> at all but distalmost node non-chlorophyllous, opposite, scalelike, caducous, at distalmost node chlorophyllous, appearing to be in whorl of 6 (sometimes 4 on sterile stems), well developed, persistent; distalmost leaves: petiole 0.5–2.8 mm; blade obovate, ovate, elliptic, or rhombic, 2–7 × 1–4.5 cm, apex acute or short acuminate, abaxial surface pale green, sparsely appressed-hairy to glabrate, adaxial surface green, appressed-hairy; secondary veins 2–3 per side, all arising from proximal 1/2. <b>Inflorescences</b> 12–40-flowered; peduncle 10–30 mm; primary branches 0.5–2.5 mm; bracts greenish white to white, occasionally red-tipped or red-tinged, ± equal, ovate, 5–15 × 5–15 mm, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–3 mm, sparsely appressed-hairy. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium cream, 1–2 mm, densely appressed-hairy; sepals cream, turning purple as fruit matures, 0.1–0.3 mm, apex rounded, membranous, glabrous, eglandular; petals cream, 1–2 mm, apical awn 0.3–1.2 mm; nectary cream or purplish black. <b>Drupes</b> 5–15 per infructescences, red, globose, 6–9 mm; stone ovoid, 2.3–3.3 × 1.7–2.3 mm, smooth, apex rounded. <b>2n</b> = 22, 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Dry to moist broadleaf or coniferous forests, roadbanks, marshes, bogs.
|elevation=0–3400 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Asia.
|discussion=<p>C. Gervais and M. Blondeau (2003) showed that <i>Cornus canadensis</i> includes both diploid and tetraploid populations, which can be distinguished solely by pollen size and chromosome number. The diploids, which they called subsp. pristina, are found in Alaska and western and northern Canada (including the northern parts of Labrador and Quebec), and the tetraploids, which they called <i></i></i>subsp.<i><i> canadensis</i>, are found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. Unfortunately, Gervais and Blondeau did not sample populations from most of the species’ distribution in the United States.</p><!--
--><p>Reports of <i>Cornus canadensis</i> from California and Oregon (for example, C. L. Hitchcock A. Cronquist 1973; J. R. Shevock 2012) represent <i>C. unalaschkensis</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cornus canadensis
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Arctocrania canadensis;Chamaepericlymenum canadense;Cornella canadensis;Cornus canadensis subsp. pristina;C. cyananthus;Cynoxylon canadense;Mesomora canadensis
|basionyms=
|family=Cornaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Dry to moist broadleaf or coniferous forests, roadbanks, marshes, bogs.
|elevation=0–3400 m.
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Cornus
|subgenus=Cornus subg. Arctocrania
|species=Cornus canadensis
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