Texas Wildbuds
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
(Coralberry)
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Ft. Parker State Park, Limestone County. 3272
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Ft. Parker State Park, Limestone County. 3269
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Ft. Parker State Park, Limestone County. 3294
| Scientific Name | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SYOR |
| Common Name | Coralberry, Buckbrush | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 35337 |
| Family | Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soils including rocky or loamy soil; wooded areas, thickets, pastures, stream banks, fencerows, roadsides, disturbed sites, etc. Plant: Erect shrub up to 6 ft. tall; branches are leafy, erect or spreading with gray to grayish brown bark, becoming shredded; young twigs have short hairs, becoming smooth. Leaves: Deciduous, opposite, oval to ovate or nearly orbicular, with wedge-shaped to rounded base, 0.4 to 1.8 inches long and 0.3 to 1.1 inches wide; on short petioles 0.1 to 0.2 inch long; margins are entire, upper surface bright to dark green, lower surface pale green with short hairs. Inflorescence: Dense spikes in leaf axils with 8 to 20 small pinkish to greenish white flowers about 1/4-inch long; each flower with a bell-shaped corolla with 5 lobes, 5 stamens and a short green calyx with 5 teeth. Bloom Period: April to July. Fruit: Red to pink two-seeded drupes, nearly round to ellipsoid, about 1/4 inch long, smooth or with sparse appressed hairs. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Missouri Plants, Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses and Illinois Wildflowers. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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