Rubiaceae

Snowrose

Serissa japonica (Thunb.) Thunb.

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Serissa

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Snowrose: Photograph of a young (ca. 3 years old) Serissa japonica (syn. Serrisa foetida ) bonsai specimen — Photo: Djlayton4 , Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)

Chinese: 六月雪, 白马骨, 东北蛔蒿, 川上白马骨, 滿天星, 满天星
Czech: Serisa smrdutá
English: Snowrose
Finnish: Serissa
French: Neige de juin
German: Junischnee
Iloko: Serissa
Italian: Serissa
Japanese: ハクチョウゲ, ハクチョウゲ（白丁花）, 白丁花
Portuguese: Serissa
Russian: Серисса
Spanish: Serissa

Synonyms

Buchozia coprosmoides L'Hér.
Buchozia japonica (Thunb.) Callm.
Democritea serissoides DC.
Lycium foetidum L.f.
Serissa buxifolia Dum.Cours.
Serissa crassiramea (Maxim.) Nakai
Serissa democritea Baill.
Serissa foetida (L.f.) Lam.
Serissa foetida (L.f.) Willd.
Serissa foetida f. plena Makino
Serissa foetida f. pleniflora Makino
Serissa foetida unranked marginata W.Bull ex J.Dix
Serissa foetida var. crassiramea Maxim.
Serissa kawakamii Hayata
Serissa myrtifolia Dum.Cours.
Serissa serissoides (DC.) Druce

Photos

Photo: Djlayton4 , Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ra'ike, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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). About our plant data.