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|accepted_name=Cornus unalaschkensis
|accepted_authority=Ledebour
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Ross.
|place=2: 378. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|common_names=Western cordilleran bunchberry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Arctocrania unalaschkensis
|authority=(Ledebour) Nakai
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaepericlymenum unalaschkense
|authority=(Ledebour) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cornella unalaschkensis
|authority=(Ledebour) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Swida unalaschkensis
|authority=(Ledebour) A. Heller
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cornaceae;Cornus;Cornus subg. Arctocrania;Cornus unalaschkensis
|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 unalaschkensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 446, 447
|treatment_page=page 448
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, green, 6–22 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 proximal 2–4 nodes nonchlorophyllous, opposite, ± scalelike, caducous (rarely chlorophyllous at 3d node from apex but much smaller than more distal leaves), at 2d node from apex nonchlorophyllous proximally, chlorophyllous distally, opposite, well developed, persistent, at distalmost node chlorophyllous, appearing to be in whorl of 6, well developed, persistent; distalmost leaves much bigger than those at 2 more proximal nodes; petiole 0–3.4 mm; blade ovate to elliptic, 3.5–8 × 0.9–4 cm, apex acute or short acuminate, abaxial surface pale green, hairs sparsely appressed-hairy, adaxial surface green, appressed-hairy; secondary veins 3 per side, all arising from proximal 1/2. <b>Inflorescences</b> 20–40-flowered; peduncle 13–30 mm; primary branches 0–2 mm; bracts greenish white or white, often red-tipped, unequal, 2 ovate, 21–30 × 12–13 mm, 2 suborbiculate, 17–1.9 × 13–16 mm, apex acuminate. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.4–1.6 mm, sparsely appressed-hairy or glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium cream to mottled purple, 1.2–2 mm, densely appressed-hairy; sepals mottled purple and cream, 0.1–0.4 mm, apex rounded or acute, thick, sparsely hairy on margin, densely glandular; petals cream proximally, purple distally, 1.5–1.8 mm, apical awn 0.4–0.6 mm; nectary dark purple or black. <b>Drupes</b> 10–20 per inflorescence, red, globose, 6–8 mm; stone globose or subglobose, 2.7–3.4 × 2.1–3.4 mm, longitudinally grooved, apex slightly pointed. <b>2n</b> = 44.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Maritime copse or heath, maritime coniferous forests and bog woodlands, moist broadleaf or coniferous forests.
|elevation=0–3000 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Oreg.;Wash.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cornus unalaschkensis
|authority=Ledebour
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Arctocrania unalaschkensis;Chamaepericlymenum unalaschkense;Cornella unalaschkensis;Swida unalaschkensis
|basionyms=
|family=Cornaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug; fruiting Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Maritime copse or heath, maritime coniferous forests and bog woodlands, moist broadleaf or coniferous forests.
|elevation=0–3000 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Ross.
|publication year=1844
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/eaa6e58056e40c9ef614d8f47aea294977a1a5e9/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_551.xml
|genus=Cornus
|subgenus=Cornus subg. Arctocrania
|species=Cornus unalaschkensis
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