Symphoricarpos rotundifoliusA.Gray

roundleaf snowberry

WFO wfo-0001290674 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by Andrew Tree
fig. a Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 202999244
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by Sue Carnahan
fig. b Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205814655
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by Tim Messick
fig. c Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154193713
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by Diego Blanco
fig. d Diego Blanco, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154790752
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by John Brew
fig. e John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142191596
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by mark-groeneveld
fig. f mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139618507
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by Drew Meyer
fig. g Drew Meyer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 135093396
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. h Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 135286271

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Symphoricarpos rotundifolius is native: Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming ArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoIdahoMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMontanaNevadaNew MexicoOklahomaOregonTexasUtahWashingtonWyoming
Native distribution of Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
Oklahoma OKL
Oregon ORE
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 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.

  • Symphoricarpos austiniae Eastw.
  • Symphoricarpos glabratus Eastw.
  • Symphoricarpos glancus Eastw.
  • Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis A.Nelson
  • Symphoricarpos palmeri G.N.Jones
  • Symphoricarpos parvifolius Eastw.
  • Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. oreophilus (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
  • Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius
  • Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. vaccinioides A.Nelson
  • Symphoricarpos tetonensis A.Nelson
  • Symphoricarpos utahensis Rydb.
  • Symphoricarpos vaccinioides Rydb.

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.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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