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Symphoricarpos longiflorus
Also called Fragrant Snowberry, Longleaf Snowberry
Desert snowberry is a spreading, drought-tolerant shrub of dry western North American habitats, growing to about 1 m with pale pink to white flowers and white berries. It is best grown in full sun to part shade in well-drained soil and needs little water once established.
Symphoricarpos longiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common names desert snowberry and fragrant snowberry. It is native to the western United States from the Great Basin to western Texas, as well as northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja California).
Symphoricarpos longiflorus grows in rocky desert habitat, sagebrush, chaparral, forests, woodlands, and other habitat. It is most often found in dry habitat types.
Sharpleaf snowberry · Common snowberry · McKittrick's snowberry · Symphoricarpos guatemalensis · Trailing snowberry · Pink snowberry · Creeping snowberry · Western snowberry · Coralberry · Mountain snowberry · Palmer's snowberry · Symphoricarpos parishii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symphoricarpos longiflorus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
