Shepherdia rotundifolia, the roundleaf buffaloberry[2] or silverleaf, is a 3-to-6-foot (1-to-2-meter) evergreen shrub in the oleaster family (Elaeagnaceae) that grows only in the Colorado Plateau (endemic) of the southwestern United States.

[3]: 97 "Rotundifolia" is for the oval or egg-shaped leaves, which can vary to being lance shaped.

[3]: 97  They are 1⁄4 to 1+1⁄2 inches (6 to 38 mm) long, silvery green on top (hence the other common name), and hairy and pale on the bottom.

[3]: 97  They are produced singly or in a cluster from leaf axils.

[3]: 97 It grows in mixed desert shrub, pinyon juniper woodland, and ponderosa pine forest communities as high as 7,800 feet (2,400 m) elevations.