Symphoricarpos mollis

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]

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

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
  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Symphoricarpos mollis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. Flowering Plans of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd. Ed, 2000, p. 91
  3. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Symphoricarpos mollis Nutt. Trailing Snowberry, creeping snowberry, snowberry
  4. Jones, George Neville 1940. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 201-252


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