Caprifoliaceae

Common snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F.Blake

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Symphoricarpos

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Common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) — FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (33)

Arabic: حب الثلج الأبيض
arz: حب الثلج الابيض
Azerbaijani: Ağ qargiləmeyvə
Belarusian: Снежнаягаднік белы, Снежная ягада гронкавая, Снягулькі
Bulgarian: Бял снежноплодник
Chinese: 雪果, 总序毛核木, 白毛核木, 白雪果, 雪莓
Croatian: Bijeli biserak
Czech: Pámelník bílý
Danish: Almindelig snebær
Dutch: Sneeuwbes
English: Common snowberry, Snowberry
Estonian: Harilik lumimari
Finnish: Amerikanlumimarja, Valkolumimarja
French: Symphorine
German: Gewöhnliche Schneebeere, Schneebeere, Weiße Schneebeere, Knackbeere, Knallerbsenstrauch
hsb: Běły sněženc
Hungarian: Fehér hóbogyó
Kazakh: Ақ қаржеміс
Korean: 인동딸기
Latvian: Strauta sniegoga
Lithuanian: Baltauogė meškytė, Symhoricarpos albus
mwl: Bola-de-neve
Norwegian Bokmål: Snøbær, Vanlig snøbær
Norwegian Nynorsk: Snøbær
nv: Dzidzéłgaii
Persian: مروارید سفید
Polish: Śnieguliczka biała, Śnieguliczka białoowocowa
Portuguese: Bola-de-neve
Russian: Снежноягодник белый
Slovenian: Bela pamela, Bisernik
Swedish: Snöbär
Walloon: Bouxhon ås petas
Welsh: Llusen eira llus eira

Synonyms

Lonicera alba (L.) Druce
Lonicera racemosa Steud.
Symphoria albus Raf.
Symphoria elongata (C.Presl ex DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
Symphoria glauca hort. ex Lavallée
Symphoria heterophylla Raf.
Symphoria leucocarpa hort. ex DC.
Symphoria macrocarpa hort. ex Lavallée
Symphoria racemosa (Michx.) Pursh
Symphoricarpos albus var. albus
Symphoricarpos albus var. ovatus Rehder
Symphoricarpos albus var. pauciflorus S.F.Blake
Symphoricarpos elongatus Presl ex DC.
Symphoricarpos heterophyllus Presl ex DC.
Symphoricarpos leucocarpa M'Mahon
Symphoricarpos leucocarpus hort. ex K.Koch
Symphoricarpos pauciflorus Britton
Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx.
Symphoricarpos racemosus var. pauciflorus Robbins
Vaccinium album L.
Xylosteon album (L.) Moldenke

Flowers

In flower: May to August (from 1,488 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Islam Galymzhanov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Rupert Clayton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.