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| name = ''Berberis verruculosa''
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|species=verruculosa
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
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| species = '''''B. verruculosa'''''
 
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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 &quot;warty&quot; stems, that have rounded, more or less identical, raised spots. It thrives in shade or partial shade.
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It is popular as an [[ornamental plant]], and grows well in any garden soil.
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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.
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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.
 
  
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It is popular as an [[ornamental plant]], and grows well in any garden soil.
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==Varieties==
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==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 5 February 2010


Upper side of shoot above, lower side below, with flower buds


Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

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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 leaves are 1.5-2 cm long, hard, leathery, glossy dark green above, vivid white below with stomatal 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.


Read about Berberis verruculosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.


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Cultivation

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Pests and diseases

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Gallery

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