Holodiscus discolor(Pursh) Maxim.

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WFO wfo-0001013826 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Holodiscus discolor, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. a Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 203982309
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by Chuck Wilson
fig. b Chuck Wilson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204792707
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by Randal
fig. c Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204290126
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by Alex
fig. d Alex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205343204
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by joergmlpts
fig. e joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203962425
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by James H. Thomas
fig. f James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204255101
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. g Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203358650
Holodiscus discolor, photographed by Daryl Nolan
fig. h Daryl Nolan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204031325

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Flowering n = 2,255 observations

Peak flowering in Jun, from 2,255 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 49 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Holodiscus ariifolius (Sm.) Greene
  • Holodiscus boursieri (Carrière) Rehder
  • Holodiscus discolor prol. eudiscolor Asch. & Graebn.
  • Holodiscus discolor subsp. franciscanus (Rydb.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde
  • Holodiscus discolor subsp. microphyllus (Rydb.) A.E.Murray
  • Holodiscus discolor var. ariifolius (Sm.) Jeps.
  • Holodiscus discolor var. ariifolius (Sm.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Holodiscus discolor var. delnortensis F.A.Ley
  • Holodiscus discolor var. dumosus (S.Watson) Dippel
  • Holodiscus discolor var. franciscanus (Rydb.) Jeps.
  • Holodiscus discolor var. typicus F.A.Ley
  • Holodiscus dumosus (S.Watson) A.Heller
  • Holodiscus dumosus subsp. saxicola (A.Heller) Abrams
  • Holodiscus dumosus var. cedrorus Raiche & Reveal
  • Holodiscus dumosus var. glabrescens (Greenm.) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Holodiscus dumosus var. typicus F.A.Ley
  • Holodiscus franciscanus (Rydb.) Rehder
  • Holodiscus glabrescens (Greenm.) A.Heller
  • Holodiscus microphyllus Rydb.
  • Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens (Greenm.) F.A.Ley
  • Holodiscus microphyllus var. sericeus F.A.Ley
  • Holodiscus microphyllus var. typicus F.A.Ley
  • Holodiscus saxicola A.Heller
  • Schizonotus argenteus var. ariifolius (Sm.) Kuntze

and 25 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.