Symphoricarpos mollis
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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 Script error: No such module "convert"..[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 Script error: No such module "convert"..[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
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- ↑ a b Flowering Plans of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd. Ed, 2000, p. 91
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- ↑ 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
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