4001

Shrub
Perennial

Non-native: China

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Waif(s)

Look for it to be seeding down and escaping locally near horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast

 

 

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:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 sepals
6 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-black
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US p095

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Berberis julianae   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berberis julianae   FAMILY Berberidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) -
Berberis julianiae