Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
| Symphoricarpos rotundifolius | |
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| 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 Western United States mountains subshrub in the Honeysuckle Family Caprifoliaceae), also known by the common name round-leaved snowberry.[1]
Habitat and range
It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho to Texas, where it grows in many types of habitat.
Growth pattern
It is an erect, spreading, or trailing subshrub, about 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) tall,[1] with many stiff branches.
Stems and leaves
Older woody parts are covered in shreddy bark and smaller, newer twigs are coated in fuzzy hairs.
The species name, rotunifolia ("round leaved") is misleading, since the 1⁄4 to 3⁄4 inch (0.6 to 1.9 cm) leaves are oval to elliptic, not round.[1] Leaves are green above, and pale green with many veins below.[1]
Inflorescence and fruit
The inflorescence is a raceme emerging from the leaf axils with one or two pendant flowers having bell-shaped, pink to white corollas up to
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with a lobed mouth.[1]
The fruit is a white berry-like drupe about a centimeter wide which contains two seeds.
The genus name means "fruits together", referring to flowers and fruits usually occurring in pairs.[1]
It flowers from June to August.[1]