Phyllanthaceae
Snowbush
Breynia disticha
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Breynia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- شجرة الثلج
- arz
- شجرة الثلج
- Chinese
- 二列黑面神, 白雪木, 雪花木, 山漆茎, 彩葉山漆莖, 花叶黑面神, 彩叶山漆茎
- English
- Snowbush
- Finnish
- Hiutalepensas
- Japanese
- セイヨウコバンノキ
- szy
- Nipaluma-cizeyun
- Tongan
- Lole
Synonyms
- Breynia axillaris Spreng.
- Breynia disticha f. nivosa (W.Bull) Croizat ex Radcl.-Sm.
- Breynia disticha var. genuina Müll.Arg.
- Breynia disticha var. neocaledonica (Baill.) Müll.Arg.
- Breynia disticha var. nivosa (W.Bull) Croizat
- Breynia nivosa (W.Bull) Small
- Breynia nivosa var. roseopicta (Regel) F.Br.
- Melanthesa neocaledonica Baill.
- Melanthesa neocaledonica var. forsteri Müll.Arg.
- Phyllanthus atropurpureus Van Geert
- Phyllanthus nivosus W.Bull
- Phyllanthus nivosus W.G.Sm.
- Phyllanthus nivosus unranked roseopictus (Burb.) Regel
- Phyllanthus roseopictus B.
- Phyllanthus roseus-pictus Hovey
- Phyllanthus sandwicensis var. hypoglaucus H.Lév.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Stovall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sofie Meeus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Irisa Hudson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Treeworld Wholesale, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.