| Author | (Fernald) S.F. Blake | |
| Distribution | RAB (1968) state that this plant has been attributed to NC, but no specimens had been seen. There is a collection from Haywood County at herbarium WCUH, but without data or image. This specimen needs to be vetted. A second specimen was a Hyams collection from "Iredell County", but cannot be attributed to NC with confidence since Hyams gathered plants widely for a pharmaceutical company.
Variety laevigatus is native to Alb. and B.C. south to CO and CA. Planted and escaped east of the Mississippi River. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | No NC data. | |
| Phenology | Flowering in June, fruiting September. | |
| Identification | Common Snowberry is a shrub to 3 feet tall, with broadly ovate to nearly elliptical, blunt leaves about an inch long. The flowers are 6-8 mm long, pink, bell-shaped, in pairs on short interrupted spikes. The fruits are white, as opposed to the bright magenta color of the fruits of the native Coralberry (S. orbiculatus). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Our plants are variety laevigatus; var. albus is Eastern, south to WV and VA. It is a calciphile.
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5T5 | |
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