Symphoricarpos palmeri

Symphoricarpos palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Dipsacales
Family:Caprifoliaceae
Genus:Symphoricarpos
Species: S. palmeri
Binomial name
Symphoricarpos palmeri

Symphoricarpos palmeri, common name Palmer's snowberry,[1] is a North American species of plants in the Honeysuckle Family. It has been found in the southwestern United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and western Texas), as well as in the Mexican State of Chihuahua inside Basaseachic Falls National Park.[2][3]

Symphoricarpos palmeri is a trailing shrub up to 3 meters (10 feet) long, with erect or ascending branches. Flowers are pink, funnel-shaped or tubular. Fruit is white.[3]

References

  1. "Symphoricarpos palmeri". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos and distribution map
  3. 1 2 Jones, George Neville 1940. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 243–245


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