Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea
Ssp australis: Kansiğdiren; Ssp cilicica: Demircik;
Ssp x czerniaewii: Melez kızılcık; Ssp sanguinea: Kiren
Shrub or small tree up to 4,5 m; branches often reddish. Leaves ovate-Ianceolate to broadly elliptic, 4-10 cm, with 3-5 pairs of veins. Inflorescence 3-4,5 cm diam., many-flowered. Flowers whitish or cream; sepals 0,5-1,5 mm; petals 4-7 mm. Drupe 5-8 mrn, globose, purplish-black. Fl. 5-6. Limestone slopes, in woodland, s.l.-1400 m.
1. Hairs on underside of leaf crisped, simple subsp. sanguinea
1. Hairs on underside of leaf straight, medifixed
2. Calyx teeth c. 0·5 mrn, triangular subsp. australis
2. Calyx teeth 1-1'5 mm, lanceolate subsp. cilicica
