Symphoricarpos rotundifolius (Mountain Snowberry)

9/8/02 Near Bishop Creek off Hwy. 168W (east of Lake Sabrina), 
Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

 7/10/07 Virginia Lakes, Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 7/10/07 Virginia Lakes

7/6/05 Mammoth Lakes Scenic Loop, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 7/8/00 Shaded area near Campsite #18, Onion Valley, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

 8/16/04 Lundy Canyon, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/6/02 Minaret Vista, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 7/3/16 Tyee Lakes trailhead, South Lake Road, Bishop region,
Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

  7/3/16 North Lake Road, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra,

Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

  7/3/16 North Lake Road, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra,

Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

  7/3/16 North Lake Road, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra,

Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

7/5/16 Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Virginia Lakes, Toiyabe National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mountain Snowberry

SPECIES: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

FAMILY: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/2000

LOCATION: Shaded area near Campsite #18, Onion Valley, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant 6–12 dm, stiff, puberulent

Stem: old bark shredding

Leaf: blade 8–20 mm, paler and more prominently veined below

Inflorescence: flowers 1–2 in axils

Flower: calyx limb flaring, lobes deep, irregular, margin generally transparent; corolla 6–10 mm, narrowly bell-shaped, pink or white, middle 1/3 of tube lightly hairy, upper 1/3 glabrous, lobes ± erect, ± 1/5–1/3 corolla length; nectaries below all 5 lobes; style glabrous

Fruit 8–12 mm, ovoid

Seeds 4–6 mm

Ecology: Slopes, ridges, open places in forest

Elevation: 1100–3300 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Southwestern California, Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert Mountains 

Distribution outside California: to Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, w Texas