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Genus: Chamaepericlymenum

dwarf-dogwood

Other floras place our species in this genus within the genus Cornus.

Flowers: Chamaepericlymenum canadense. ~ By Hal Horwitz. ~ Copyright © 2020 New England Wild Flower Society. ~ Image Request, images[at]newenglandwild.org

Leaves: Chamaepericlymenum canadense. ~ By Glen Mittelhauser. ~ Copyright © 2020 Glen Mittelhauser. ~ www.mainenaturalhistory.org

Family

Cornaceae (dogwood family)

This Genus’s Species in New England:

Chamaepericlymenum canadense

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key

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