NameThatPlant.net: Berberis julianae

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Berberis julianae FAMILY Berberidaceae Go to FSUS key

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Berberis julianae can be told from our other barberries by its narrowly elliptic leaves that have short spines along the margins, and especially by the long nodal spines 2 inches or so long. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berberis julianae FAMILY Berberidaceae

COMMON NAME:
Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Berberis julianae FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berberis julianae FAMILY Berberidaceae

4001

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: floodplains, also seeding down and escaping locally near horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Waif(s)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems armed w mostly branched nodal spine(s); leaf teeth tipped w firm prickles

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins bristly serrate

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 sepals
6 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Blue-black
Berry

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