Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
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| Symphoricarpos rotundifolius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Symphoricarpos |
| Species: | S. rotundifolius |
| Binomial name | |
| Symphoricarpos rotundifolius A.Gray | |
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name roundleaf snowberry. It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho to Texas, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is an erect, spreading, or trailing shrub often exceeding meter in height with many stiff branches. Older woody parts are covered in shreddy bark and smaller, newer twigs are coated in fuzzy hairs. The oval or almost round leaves are up to 2 centimeters long. Flowers occur singly or in pairs in leaf axils. Each has a bell-shaped pink or white corolla up to a centimeter long with a lobed mouth. The fruit is a white berry-like drupe about a centimeter wide which contains two seeds.
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