Symphoricarpos albus, (L.) S. F. Blake

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 45

1. S. albus (L.) S. F. Blake , Rhodora 16: 118 (1914)

( S. racemosus Michx ).

Shrub 1-3 m. Stems erect, slender; twigs yellowish-brown, glabrous. Leaves (2-)2-5-8(-9) x l-5-6(-7-5) cm, ovate-orbicular or ovate, obtuse, entire or rarely sinuately lobed, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath; petiole 2-5(-7) mm. Flowers 3-9 in terminal, spike-like racemes 1-2-5 cm; bracts and bracteoles 1-1-5 mm, ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 5-6 mm, campanulate, pink, hairy inside the throat. Style glabrous« Fruit 1-1-5 cm, globose, white. Cultivated for ornament and for hedges throughout a large part of Europe and widely naturalized. [Au Be Br Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb He Hu Ju No Su.] (North America.)

This description applies to var. laevigatus (Fernald) S. F. Blake , which appears to be the variety naturalized in Europe. It differs from the typical variety in its glabrous twigs and leaves and larger fruit.