Common Name: HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY Habit: Subshrub to small tree or vine. Leaf: opposite, simple or compound; stipules generally 0. Flower: calyx tube fused to ovary, limb generally 5-lobed; corolla radial or bilateral, rotate to cylindric, generally 5-lobed; stamens generally 5, epipetalous, alternate corolla lobes; ovary inferior, 1--5-chambered, style 1. Fruit: berry, drupe. Genera In Family: 5 genera, 220 species: especially northern temperate. Note:Linnaea moved to Linnaeaceae; Sambucus and Viburnum to Adoxaceae. eFlora Treatment Author: Charles D. Bell, family description, key to genera Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: WAXBERRY, SNOWBERRY Habit: Shrub. Stem: decumbent to erect, slender. Leaf: simple, deciduous, short-petioled; blade generally elliptic to round, some often +- lobed. Inflorescence: generally raceme, generally +- terminal, generally few-flowered; flower subtended by 2 fused bractlets. Flower: +- radial; hypanthium +- spheric; calyx with 5-toothed, persistent limb; corolla bell-shaped to +- salverform, generally 5-lobed, white or pink, often +- hairy inside; nectary glands [1]5, +- basal; stamens generally included; ovary chambers 4, styles generally included, stigma head-shaped. Fruit: drupe, generally berry-like, white to pink. Seed: 2 (1 per lateral ovary chamber), +- oblong, planoconvex. Etymology: (Greek: to bear fruit together, berries borne in clusters) eFlora Treatment Author: Charles D. Bell & Lauramay T. Dempster Unabridged Reference: Jones 1940 J Arnold Arbor 21:201 252
Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F. Blake var. laevigatus (Fernald) S.F. Blake
NATIVE Habit: Plant erect, 6--18 dm, glabrous or puberulent. Stem: branches stiff, spreading; new shoots erect, unbranched, often with inflorescence and larger, more variable leaves. Leaf: blade generally 1--3 cm, to 6 cm on new shoots. Inflorescence: flowers 8--16. Flower: calyx limb +- spreading, divided 1/2; corolla 4--6 mm, bell-shaped, pink, swollen on 1 side, with 5 nectary glands within swelling, lobes +- 1/2 corolla, +- erect, lobes and upper throat +- densely hairy inside. Fruit: 8--12 mm, round. Seed: 4--5 mm. Ecology: Shady woodland, streambanks, northern slopes; Elevation: < 1200 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, w edge CaR, n SNF, CW, SW; Distribution Outside California: to Alaska, Montana; naturalized in eastern United States. Toxicity: Fruit may be TOXIC to humans. Flowering Time: May--Jul(Sep) Synonyms: Symphoricarpos rivularis Suksd. Jepson eFlora Author: Charles D. Bell & Lauramay T. Dempster Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Symphoricarpos Next taxon: Symphoricarpos longiflorus
Botanical illustration including Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Citation for this treatment: Charles D. Bell & Lauramay T. Dempster 2012, Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=66912, accessed on December 02, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 02, 2024.
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