2017 09 06
Kusawa ridge
Not very common here, but i found this one along Elfin creek here.
I learn we have two kinds of bunchberries in the yukon
| Petals cream proximally, purple distally; hypanthium densely hairy; distalmost leaves much larger than those at 2 more proximal nodes. | 6 Cornus unalaschkensis |
| Petals cream; leaves at 2d node from apex non-chlorophyllous, scalelike; sepals cream, membranous, apices rounded. | 4 Cornus canadensis |
The following one in Skagway, and an Cornus unalaschkensis
note the purple tips on the petals
and the leafs on the stem
along the Kusawa road, June 21 2017
and the leafs on the stem
The next ones a Cornus canadensis
along the Kusawa road, June 21 2017