Berberis nervosa |
Berberis darwinii |
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Cascade Oregon-grape, dull Oregon-grape, dwarf Oregon-grape, Oregon grape |
Darwin's barberry, Darwin's berberis |
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Habit | Shrubs, evergreen, 0.1-0.8(-2) m. | Shrubs, evergreen, 1-3 m. |
Stems | monomorphic, without short axillary shoots. |
dimorphic, with elongate primary and short axillary shoots. |
Bark | of 2d-year stems brown or yellow-brown, glabrous. |
of 2d-year stems brown, densely tomentose. |
Leaves | 9-21-foliolate; petioles 2-11 cm. |
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. |
Leaflet | blades thin and ± flexible; surfaces abaxially rather dull, smooth, adaxially dull, somewhat glaucous; terminal leaflet stalked, blade 2.9-8.4 × 1.2-4.8 cm, 1.8-3.2 times as long as wide; lateral leaflet blades lance-ovate to ovate, 4-6-veined from base, base rounded to cordate, margins plane, toothed, each with 6-13 teeth 1-2(-3) mm tipped with spines to 1-2.4 × 0.1-0.2 mm, apex acute or broadly acuminate. |
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Spines | absent. |
present, pedately 5-9-fid. |
Inflorescences | racemose, dense, 30-70-flowered, 6-17 cm; bracteoles membranous, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded. |
racemose, rather dense, 10-20-flowered, 3-4 cm; bracteoles membranous, apex acuminate. |
Flowers | anther filaments without distal pair of recurved lateral teeth. |
anther filaments without distal pair of recurved lateral teeth. |
Berries | blue, glaucous, oblong-ovoid or globose, 8-11 mm, juicy, solid. |
dark purple, spheric, 6-7 mm, juicy, solid. |
Bud | scales (13-)20-44 mm, persistent. |
scales 2-4 mm, deciduous. |
2n | = 56. |
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Berberis nervosa |
Berberis darwinii |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–spring (Mar–Jun). | Flowering winter (Feb). |
Habitat | Open or shaded woods, often in rocky areas | Humid areas near coast |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 0-20 m (0-100 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC
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CA; OR; native; s South America [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Plants of Berberis nervosa are usually very low (commonly 0.1-0.3 m), but occasional plants may be considerably taller (to 2 m). One such population from north of Westport, California, has been separated as B. nervosa var. mendocinensis. Similar populations occur sporadically throughout the range of B. nervosa, so the form should not be recognized taxonomically. Berberis nervosa is resistant to infection by Puccinia graminis. The Skagit tribe used Berberis nervosa medicinally in a root preparation to treat venereal disease (D. E. Moermann 1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Berberidaceae > Berberis | Berberidaceae > Berberis |
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Synonyms | B. nervosa var. mendocinensis, Mahonia nervosa, Mahonia nervosa var. mendocinensis | |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept., 219. (1814) | Hooker: Icon. Pl. 7: 672. (1844) |
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