Symphoricarpos mollis
| Symphoricarpos mollis | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Symphoricarpos |
| Species: | S. mollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. 1841 | |
Symphoricarpos mollis, with the common names creeping snowberry,[1] Southern California snowberry, and trip vine, is a shrub in the Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae).[2] It is found in western North America from British Columbia to California inland to Nevada and Idaho.[3][4]
Range and habitat
The shrub does well in warm climates and can tolerate both intense sun and constant shade. It is a plant of chaparral ecosystems, especially along coastlines.
Growth pattern
The plant is a creeping shrub, low growing and straggling, with stems that can reach several feet while the height limited to only about 1 1/2 ft.[2] It reproduces both from via rhizome and seed.
Leaves and stems
Leaves are opposite. Stems are flexible.
Inflorescence
It bears bunches of red or pink rounded, bell-shaped flowers and spherical or bulbous white or pink-tinted fruits.
The fruits are not generally considered toxic but are distasteful, having a soapy texture due to the presence of saponins.
References
- ↑ "Symphoricarpos mollis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- 1 2 Flowering Plans of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd. Ed, 2000, p. 91
- ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. Trailing Snowberry, creeping snowberry, snowberry
- ↑ Jones, George Neville 1940. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 201-252
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment, University of California
- United States Department of Agriculture National Forest Service, Fire ecology
- Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California