Symphoricarpos albus
Common Snowberry

Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)

Photo taken near Icicle Ridge, 3 miles from Leavenworth, partially shaded woods

Flowers:

corolla short-campanulate, corolla lobes less than tube; style 2 to 3 mm long, glabrous; lobes and upper throat more or less densely hairy

Fruit:

white, berry-like, 2 seeded, 6 to 15 mm

Leaves:

variable in shape from entire to lobed

Plant:

woody shrub, branches ascending to upright. Stems are hollow, unlike S. oreophilus which are solid.

Habitat:

streambanks, thickets, woods and open slopes; lowland to middle elevations in the mountains

Distribution of species:

Alaska to Montana and California, naturalized in the Eastern United States

Distribution of genus:

more or less 10 species: North America and 1 species in China