Berberis nervosa |
Berberis trifoliolata |
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Cascade Oregon-grape, dull Oregon-grape, dwarf Oregon-grape, Oregon grape |
agarito, agritos, algerita, currant-of-Texas |
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Habit | Shrubs, evergreen, 0.1-0.8(-2) m. | Shrubs, evergreen, 1-3.5 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 gray or grayish purple, glabrous. |
Leaves | 9-21-foliolate; petioles 2-11 cm. |
3-foliolate; petioles 0.8-5.4 cm. |
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. |
blades thick and rigid; surfaces abaxially dull, papillose, adaxially dull, ± glaucous; terminal leaflet sessile, blade 2.3-5.8 × 0.9-2 cm, 1.6-3.1 times as long as wide; lateral leaflet blades narrowly lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 1-veined from base, base acute or acuminate, rarely rounded-acute, margins plane, toothed or lobed, with 1-3 teeth or lobes 3-7 mm high tipped with spines to 1-2 × 0.2-0.3 mm, apex narrowly acute or acuminate. |
Spines | absent. |
absent. |
Inflorescences | racemose, dense, 30-70-flowered, 6-17 cm; bracteoles membranous, apex acute, obtuse, or rounded. |
racemose, lax, 1-8-flowered, 0.5-3 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. |
red, sometimes glaucous, spheric, 6-11 mm, juicy, solid. |
Bud | scales (13-)20-44 mm, persistent. |
scales 2-3 mm, deciduous. |
2n | = 56. |
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Berberis nervosa |
Berberis trifoliolata |
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Phenology | Flowering winter–spring (Mar–Jun). | Flowering winter–spring (Feb–Apr). |
Habitat | Open or shaded woods, often in rocky areas | Slopes and flats in grassland, shrubland, and sometimes open woodland |
Elevation | 0-1800 m (0-5900 ft) | 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC
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AZ; NM; TX; n Mexico
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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.) |
The illegitimate name Berberis trifoliolata Moricand var. glauca (I. M. Johnston) M. C. Johnston has been used for plants with very strongly glaucous leaves. Weakly and strongly glaucous plants are often found in the same population, however, indicating that they are not distinct varieties. Berberis trifoliolata is susceptible 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 | Mahonia trifoliolata |
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept., 219. (1814) | Moricand: Pl. Nouv. Amér., 113. (1841) |
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