Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Berberis julianae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) -
Berberis julianiae
COMMON NAME:
Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry
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JK Marlow jkm160311_209
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Leaves simple, bristly-serrate, < 6cm long, fascicled on short spur shoots, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160311_209b
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Glaucous, bluish-black, 1/3" long oval fruits persist into fall, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm160311_210
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
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JK Marlow jkm160311_211
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Spines 3-fid, per Flora of China.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_211b
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Flowers 10-25-fascicled. Berberis's superior ovary symmetrically club-shaped, per Flora of China.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Berberis julianae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
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Berberis julianiae
4001
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: floodplains, also seeding down and escaping locally near horticultural plantings, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: China
Waif(s)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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