OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chamaepericlymenum canadense   FAMILY Cornaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus canadensis   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cornus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Cornus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Chamaepericlymenum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cornus canadensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel


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image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chca24_001_lvd

        

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20170713_125058

July        Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

Birchy Head

Herb or dwarf shrub from a woody rhizome, to 2dm tall, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20170718_155908_2

July        Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

Squid Jiggin Point

Four large bracts surround a central cluster of 4-petaled yellowish flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20170718_160029_2

July        Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

Squid Jiggin Point

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190717_134357

July    Penobscot County    ME

Baxter State Park

Leaves in 2-4 pairs below the inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190719_103440

July    Piscataquis County    ME

Appalachian Mountain Club 100 Mile Wilderness Conservation Area

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm090924_133

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm090924_137

September    Hancock County    ME

Acadia National Park

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm130904_717

September    Washington County    ME

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm130906_012

September    Washington County    ME

Fruits are bright red drupes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190921_125948

September    Antigonish County    Nova Scotia, Canada

Cuties Hollow Falls

image of Chamaepericlymenum canadense, Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel

Penny Longhurst    pen_20190921_125959

September    Antigonish County    Nova Scotia, Canada

Cuties Hollow Falls

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Chamaepericlymenum canadense   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus canadensis   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus canadensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Chamaepericlymenum canadense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus canadensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3022

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: High elevation forests, in humus or on talus, under Betula cordifolia, Picea rubens, or Pinus rigida, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
4 white bracts surround cluster of yellowish flowers
4-merous
4 petals
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

 

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