NameThatPlant.net: Symphoricarpos albus var. albus

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphoricarpos albus var. albus FAMILY Caprifoliaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The nominate variety albus is native in the Northeast, south in the VA mountains to only a few dozen miles north of the NC border. However, as it occurs on calcareous soils in VA, there is little suitable habitat in nearby NC. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphoricarpos albus var. albus FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Symphoricarpos albus

COMMON NAME:
Common Snowberry

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image of Symphoricarpos albus var. albus, Common Snowberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_syra80_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Symphoricarpos albus var. albus FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Symphoricarpos albus var. albus FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Symphoricarpos albus

1477

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: limestone woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of Carolinas & GA (original native distribution somewhat uncertain

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 included stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Berry

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