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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
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaepericlymenum suecicum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Ascherson & Graebner
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cornella suecica
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rydberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cornus biramis
|authority=Stokes
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. herbacea
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, green, 5–22 cm, appressed-hairy; nodes 4–7, internodes only slightly longer distally; branches at distal 1–3 nodes, ca. as long as distal internodes. <b>Leaves</b> at basal node nonchlorophyllous, opposite, scalelike, caducous, at remaining nodes chlorophyllous, opposite, well developed, persistent; distalmost leaves similar in size to those at 2 more proximal nodes; petiole 0–7.5 mm; 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; secondary veins 3 per side, all arising from near base, occasionally distalmost vein bifurcating in basal 1/5. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–17-flowered; peduncle 8–20 mm; primary branches 0–0.4 mm; bracts white, often red- or purple-tinged, ± equal, ovate, 8–12 × 4–7.5 mm, apex slightly acute. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.7–1.5 mm, moderately appressed-hairy proximally, densely at base of hypanthium. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium deep purple, 1–2 mm, very sparsely appressed-hairy; sepals deep purple, 0.2–0.5 mm, apex acute, thick, densely hairy on margins, densely glandular; petals purple, 1.2–1.5 mm, apical awn 0.5 mm; nectary purple or black. <b>Drupes</b> 3–8 per infructescence, red, globose, 5–8 mm; stone usually globose, 2.1–3.4 mm diam., longitudinally grooved, apex rounded. <b>2n</b> = 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
|author=
|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://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_108.xml
|genus=Cornus
|subgenus=Cornus subg. Arctocrania
|species=Cornus suecica
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