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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Berberidaceae
| name = ''Berberis darwinii''
|genus=Berberis
| image = Berberis darwinii shoot.jpg
|species=darwinii
| image_width = 240px
|taxo_author=Hook.
| image_caption = Foliage and flowers
|habit=shrub
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|image=Berberis darwinii-IMG 7835.JPG
|image_width=180
|image_caption=Foliage and flowers
| binomial = ''Berberis darwinii''
| binomial_authority = [[William Jackson Hooker|Hook.]]
}}
}}
'''''Berberis darwinii''''' is a species of [[Berberis|barberry]], native to southern [[South America]] in southern [[Chile]] and adjacent southwestern [[Argentina]]. Common names include '''Darwin's Barberry''' and (Chilean Spanish) '''Michay'''.
'''''Berberis darwinii''''' is a species of [[Berberis|barberry]], native to southern [[South America]] in southern [[Chile]] and adjacent southwestern [[Argentina]]. Common names include '''Darwin's Barberry''' and (Chilean Spanish) '''Michay'''.
It is a popular garden and hedging shrub in the [[British Isles]]. The [[Royal Horticultural Society]] has given it its [[Award of Garden Merit]]. The fruit is edible, though very acidic.
It is a popular garden and hedging shrub in the [[British Isles]]. The [[Royal Horticultural Society]] has given it its [[Award of Garden Merit]]. The fruit is edible, though very acidic.
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Berberis darwinii, Hook. Shrub, 1-3 ft.: branches brown, pubescent when young: Lvs. cuneate, obovate, spiny- toothed and usually 3-pointed at the apex, glossy dark green above, light green and lustrous beneath, ½-1 in. long: racemes 6-20-fld., longer than the Lvs., with the peduncle 2-4 in. long, pendulous; fls. orange-yellow, often reddish outside; style as long as the ovary: fr. dark purple. June; fr. Aug., Sept. Chile to Patagonia.
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==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
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Image:Berberis darwinii-IMG 7832.JPG|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii-IMG 7833.JPG|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii shoot.jpg|Berberis darwinii
</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==
==External links==
*[http://www.chilebosque.cl/shrb/bdarw.html Chilebosque: ''Berberis darwinii'']
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