Cornus mas
Cornus mas
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Shrub or small tree, 3-5 m. Leaves lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 2,5-8,5 cm, with 3-5 pairs of veins. Inflorescence 1,5-2,5 cm diarn., 15-20-flowered, subsessiIe; bracts 6-10 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers greenish to pale yellow; petals 2-3 mm; sepals c. 0,5 mm. Drupe 12-15 xc. 7 mm, ellipsoid to cylindrical, yellow at first, becoming red. Fl. 3-5. Broad-Ieaved forest, scrub, 20-1500 m.
C. & S.E. Europe, Crimea, S. Russia, Caucasia,N. & N.W. Iran, Anti-Lebanon. Euro-Sib. element?
