Hul'q'umi'num' name:
p’i’p’q’i’as – snowberry fruit
English Name:
Snowberry
Alternative English Names:
Waxberry, Common Snowberry
Scientific Name:
Symphoricarpos albus
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Description
Description, Habitat, Ecology, Distribution
Snowberry is a small shrub (to 2 m [6 ft] tall) that produces small pink to white flowers followed by white berry-like fruits. These fruits stay on the shrub well into the winter. Soapberry occurs in dry to moist areas such as open forests, thickets, and other habitats from low to middle elevations throughout the coast.
Island Cultural Role
An infusion of the bark was used as an eyewash.
Language
Hul'q'umi'num' Name
p’i’p’q’i’as – snowberry fruit
APA
p̓iʔp̓q̓iʔas
Speaker
Delores Louie
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