GARDENING | PLANT ID
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Symphoricarpos is from the Greek and means “fruit borne together,” with reference to the clustered berrylike fruit; orbiculatus refers to the rounded leaf.
Another common name is “devil’s shoestring,” apparently for the tough, low-lying, horizontal branches that can trip you as you’re walking.
Coral berry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) is a deciduous shrub from the honeysuckle family and the flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
The snowberries (genus Symphoricarpos) have traditionally been placed in the same family (the honeysuckles, or Caprifoliaceae) as horse gentians, viburnums (including the blackhaws and arrowwoods), elderberries, and honeysuckles. More recently, however, botanists have split the elderberries and viburnums into a separate family.
Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
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