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Cornus canadensis
Also called Bunchberry, Bunchberry dogwood, Creeping Dogwood, Crackerberry, Dwarf Cornel, Canada Bunchberry, Canadian Dwarf Cornel
Canadian bunchberry is a low, creeping woodland perennial that forms carpet-like mats from spreading rhizomes, usually under 20 cm tall. It thrives in cool, moist, acidic conditions in shade or partial shade.
Cornus canadensis is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family Cornaceae, native to eastern Asia and North America. Common names include Canadian dwarf cornel, Canadian bunchberry, quatre-temps, crackerberry, and creeping dogwood. It is a creeping, rhizomatous perennial growing to about 20 centimetres (8 inches) tall.
Its native distribution includes Japan, North Korea, northeastern China (Jilin Province), the Russian Far East, the northern United States, Colorado, New Mexico, Canada and Greenland.
It is used as ornamental groundcover in gardens. It prefers moist acidic soil. The wildflower author Claude A. Barr was of the opinion that the crimson berries are even more attractive than the flowers.
Red-Barked Dogwood · Alternateleaf dogwood · Bentham's cornel · Giant dogwood · Flowering dogwood · Kousa dogwood · Cornelian-cherry · Pacific dogwood · Asiatic dogwood · Bloodtwig dogwood · Redosier dogwood · Western cordilleran bunchberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cornus canadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
