Symphoricarpos occidentalis
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Symphoricarpos |
| Species: | S. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. 1833
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Symphoricarpos occidentalis, commonly called western snowberry[1] or wolfberry, is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. Wolfberry is not to be confused with Lycium chinense and L. barbarum (goji), which are also known as wolfberry.
Description
Symphoricarpos occidentalis is a creeping shrub, with pink, rounded to bell-shaped flowers and spherical or bulbous shaped, white or pink-tinted fruits.[2]
Distribution
Symphoricarpos occidentalis is native across much of Canada plus the northern and central United States as far south as Oklahoma, northeastern New Mexico, and the Texas Panhandle.[1][3]
Cultivation
Western snowberry is grown for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, and as a bird food plant in habitat landscapes.[citation needed] It is considered to be a weed in certain situations.[1]
References
- ^ a b c USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Symphoricarpos occidentalis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Jones, George Neville (1940). "A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 21 (2): 201–252.
- ^ "Symphoricarpos occidentalis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
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