| Berberis verruculosa | |
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| Upper side of shoot above, lower side below, with flower buds | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. verruculosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis verruculosa
Hemsl. &
E.H.Wilson
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Berberis verruculosa, the warty barberry or warted barberry, is an evergreen shrub, ranging in size from 1–2 m, native to western China ( Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan). It gets its common name from its "warty" stems, that have rounded, more or less identical, raised spots. [1]
Berberis verruculosa is a shrub up to 100 cm tall, with yellow spines along the twigs. Leaves are 1.5–2 cm long, hard, leathery, glossy dark green above, vivid white below with stomatal wax; in cold winter weather, the leaves may turn purplish-green above on exposed shoots. The flowers are small, yellow, and mature into dark purple berries 6–10 mm long. [1] [2]
Cultivation
Berberis verruculosa is cultivated in temperate climates as an ornamental plant, and grows well in any garden soil. It thrives in shade or partial shade. [3] [4] The plant has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [5]
References
- ^ a b Flora of China v 19 p 729
- ^ William Botting Hemsley & Ernest Henry Wilson. 1906. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1906(5): 151.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "Berberis verruculosa PFAF Plant Database".
- ^ "Berberis verruculosa". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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