Berberis darwinii |
Berberis bealei |
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Darwin's barberry, Darwin's berberis |
Beale's barberry, Chinese mahonia, leatherleaf mahonia |
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Habit | Shrubs, evergreen, 1-3 m. Stems dimorphic, with elongate primary and short axillary shoots. | Shrubs, evergreen, 1-2 m. Stems monomorphic, without short axillary shoots. |
Bark | of 2d-year stems brown, densely tomentose. |
of 2d-year stems tan, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade obovate, 1-veined from base, 1.7-3 × 0.9-1.2 cm, thick and rigid, base acute or acuminate, margins reflexed, undulate, toothed or shallowly lobed, each with 2-4 teeth or lobes 1-3 mm high tipped with spines to 1.2-1.6 × 0.2-0.3 mm, apex obtuse or rounded; surfaces abaxially glossy, smooth, adaxially glossy, green. |
5-9-foliolate; petioles 2-8 cm. |
Leaflet | blades thick and rigid; surfaces abaxially smooth, shiny, adaxially dull, gray-green; terminal leaflet stalked, blade 6.5-9.3 × 4-7 cm, 1.3-2.3 times as long as wide; lateral leaflet blades ovate or lance-ovate, 4-6-veined from base, base truncate or weakly cordate, margins plane, toothed, with 2-7 teeth 3-8 mm tipped with spines to 1.4-4 × 0.3-0.6 mm, apex acuminate. |
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Spines | present, pedately 5-9-fid. |
absent. |
Inflorescences | racemose, rather dense, 10-20-flowered, 3-4 cm; bracteoles membranous, apex acuminate. |
racemose, dense, 70-150-flowered, 5-17 cm; bracteoles ± corky, apex rounded to acute. |
Flowers | anther filaments without distal pair of recurved lateral teeth. |
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Berries | dark purple, spheric, 6-7 mm, juicy, solid. |
dark blue, glaucous, oblong-ovoid, 9-12 mm, juicy, solid. |
Bud | scales 2-4 mm, deciduous. |
scales 11-13 mm, persistent. |
Berberis darwinii |
Berberis bealei |
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Phenology | Flowering winter (Feb). | Flowering fall–winter (Dec–Mar). |
Habitat | Humid areas near coast | Open woodlands and shrublands |
Elevation | 0-20 m (0-100 ft) | 100-500 m (300-1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; native; s South America [Introduced in North America]
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AL; GA; NC; VA; native; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Berberis darwinii only rarely escapes from cultivation. It is resistant to infection by Puccinia graminis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Berberis bealei is commonly cultivated; although it rarely escapes, it is locally naturalized in the southeastern United States. It is resistant to infection by Puccinia graminis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Berberidaceae > Berberis | Berberidaceae > Berberis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mahonia bealei | |
Name authority | Hooker: Icon. Pl. 7: 672. (1844) | Fortune: Gard. Chron. 1850: 212. (1850) |
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