Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Snowberry, Snowberry

Family: Caprifoliaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Snowberry is a California native shrub found in northwestern California, western edge of the Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada foothills, central western, and southwestern California in shady woodlands, streambanks, and northern slopes at elevations below 1,200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces delicate pink flowers in clusters of 8 to 16, with bell-shaped blooms swollen on one side. Growing 0.6 to 1.8 meters tall with stiff, spreading branches and erect new shoots, the shrub forms an open, distinctive structure. Its leaves are typically 1 to 3 centimeters long, becoming larger on new shoots, with blades that vary in size and shape. The plant produces round, white fruits 8 to 12 millimeters in diameter that stand out against its branching structure.

Habitat: Shady woodland, streambanks, northern slopes

Bloom period: May-Jul(Sep)

Elevation: < 1200 m

Bioregions: NW, w edge CaR, n SNF, CW, SW

California counties: Siskiyou, San Mateo, Monterey, Humboldt, Plumas, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Los Angeles, Riverside, Lake, San Diego, San Francisco, Kern, Contra Costa, Glenn, Ventura, Sonoma, Shasta, Del Norte, Orange, Marin, Amador, Trinity, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, El Dorado, Calaveras, Butte, Napa, Nevada, Sutter, San Benito, Tuolumne, Sacramento, Tehama, Solano, Tulare, Yolo, Placer, Stanislaus

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.