Symphoricarpos acutus

{{Short description|Species of shrub}}

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|genus = Symphoricarpos

|species = acutus

|authority = (A.Gray) Dieck 1888 not Howell 1900

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/6000296 Tropicos, Symphoricarpos mollis var. acutus A. Gray ][http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=EAFF32CAF800F2C3A4306261FBB0F4F6?id=1001937-2&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3DEAFF32CAF800F2C3A4306261FBB0F4F6%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DSymphoricarpos%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dspec%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3Dacutus%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index, Symphoricarpos acutus ( A.Gray ) Dieck]

|synonyms = *Symphoricarpos mollis var. acutus A.Gray 1884

• Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. acutus (A.Gray) Frye & Rigg

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Symphoricarpos acutus, the sharpleaf snowberry,{{PLANTS|id=SYAC|taxon=Symphoricarpos acutus|accessdate=4 December 2015}} is a North American species of trailing shrubs in the honeysuckle family. It is native to the western United States (southern Oregon, western Nevada, and northern California).[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8370347#page/214/mode/1up Jones, George Neville 1940. A monograph of the genus Symphoricarpos. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 21(2): 201-252]

Symphoricarpos acutus is a trailing herb less than 30 cm (1 foot) tall. It has pink flowers and white fruits.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38116778#page/24/mode/1up Gray, Asa 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 14] Symphoricarpos mollis var. acutus