Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
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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.
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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 (5/21/15):
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Berberis julianae
FAMILY
Berberidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
-
Berberis julianiae
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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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:
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!