OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



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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image of Berberis julianae, Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry

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).

image of Berberis julianae, Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry

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+).

image of Berberis julianae, Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry

JK Marlow    jkm160311_210

March    Greenville County    SC

Riparian zone along urban waterway

image of Berberis julianae, Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry

JK Marlow    jkm160311_211

March    Greenville County    SC

Riparian zone along urban waterway

Spines 3-fid, per Flora of China.

image of Berberis julianae, Evergreen Barberry, Wintergreen Barberry

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) -
Berberis julianiae

 

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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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Invasive?

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

 

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