Symphoricarpos mollis

Symphoricarpos mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: 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.[2]

Description

The plant is a creeping shrub, low growing and straggling, with stems that can reach several feet while the height limited to about 0.5 metres (1+1⁄2 ft).[2] It reproduces both from via rhizome and seed.

Leaves are opposite.[3] Stems are flexible.

It bears bunches of red or pink rounded, bell-shaped flowers and spherical or bulbous white or pink-tinted fruits measuring about 1 centimetre (1⁄2 in).[3]

Distribution and habitat

The shrub is found in western North America from British Columbia to California inland to Nevada and Idaho.[4][5]

It does well in warm climates and can tolerate both intense sun and constant shade. It is a plant of chaparral ecosystems, especially along coastlines.

Edibility

The fruits are inedible.[3] While not generally considered toxic, they are distasteful, having a soapy texture due to the presence of saponins.

References

  1. ^ NRCS. "Symphoricarpos mollis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b Flowering Plans of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd. Ed, 2000, p. 91
  3. ^ a b c Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.
  4. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. Trailing Snowberry, creeping snowberry, snowberry
  5. ^ Jones, George Neville 1940. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 201-252


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