Biology:Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Symphoricarpos |
| Species: | S. rotundifolius
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| Symphoricarpos rotundifolius A.Gray 1853
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Symphoricarpos rotundifolius is a North American subshrub in the honeysuckle family, also known by the common name round-leaved snowberry.[1][2]
Habitat and range
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius is native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. It has been found in California , Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, eastern Oregon, the Oklahoma Panhandle, far western Texas , and northern Baja California.[3][4][5]
Growth pattern
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius is an erect, spreading, or trailing subshrub, about 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) tall,[1] with many stiff branches.[4]
Stems and leaves
Older woody parts are covered in shreddy bark and smaller, newer twigs are coated in fuzzy hairs.[4]
The species epithet, rotundifolia ("round leaved") is slightly misleading, since the 1⁄4 to 3⁄4 inch (0.6 to 1.9 cm) leaves are oval to elliptic, not perfectly circular.[1] Leaves are green above, and pale green with many veins below.[1][4]
Inflorescence and fruit
The inflorescence is a raceme emerging from the leaf axils with one or two pendant flowers having narrowly bell-shaped, pink to white corollas up to 1 cm (0.4 inch) with a lobed mouth.[1][4]
The fruit is a white berry-like drupe about a centimeter (0.4 inch) wide, containing two seeds.[4]
The genus name means "fruits together", referring to flowers and fruits usually occurring in pairs.[1] [4]
It flowers from June to August.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd ed, 2013, p. 65
- ↑ Jones, George Neville 1940. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 201-252
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, description, distribution map
- ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius A. Gray, mountain snowberry, roundleaf snowberry
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico in 1851
Wikidata ☰ Q4425542 entry
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