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'''''Berberis verruculosa''''', common name the '''Warty Barberry''', is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]], ranging in size from 1-2 m, native to western [[China]]. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 1.5-2 cm long, hard, leathery, glossy dark green above, vivid white below with [[stomata]]l wax; in cold [[winter]] weather, the leaves may turn purplish-green above on exposed shoots. The [[flowers]] are small, yellow, and mature into dark purple [[fruit]] 6-10 mm long. It gets its common name from its "warty" stems, that have rounded, more or less identical, raised spots. It thrives in shade or partial shade. It is popular as an [[ornamental plant]], and grows well in any garden soil. {{Inc| Berberis verruculosa, Hemsl. & Wilson. Dwarf, spreading shrub, to 3 ft., evergreen: branches terete, densely verruculose, with slender spines often as long as Lvs. : Lvs. ovate or elliptic to ovate - lanceolate, remotely spiny-toothed, dark green and lustrous above, glaucous beneath, ½-1 in. long: fls. 1-2, ½ in. across: fr. violet- black, bloomy, ovoid ⅓ in. long, with sessile stigma. June; fr. Oct. W. China.—Very handsome with its dense dark green and lustrous foliage. Has proved hardy at the Arnold Arboretum. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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