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{{Taxobox+| color = lightgreen+
−| name = ''Berberis darwinii''+
−| image = Berberis darwinii-IMG 7835.JPG+| image_width = 240px+
−| image_caption = Foliage and flowers
−| regnum = [[Plantae]]
−| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
−| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
−| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
−| familia = [[Berberidaceae]]
−| genus = ''[[Berberis]]''
−| species = '''''B. darwinii'''''
−| 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'''.+It is an [[evergreen]] thorny [[shrub]] growing to 3-4 m tall, with dense branches from ground level. The [[leaf|leaves]] are small oval, 12-25 mm long and 5-12 mm broad, with a spiny margin; they are borne in clusters of 2-5 together, subtended by a three-branched spine 2-4 mm long. The [[flower]]s are orange, 4-5 mm long, produced in dense [[raceme]]s 2-7 cm long in spring. The [[fruit]] is a small purple-black [[berry]] 4-7 mm diameter, ripening in summer.
−It was discovered (for Western science) in South America in 1835 by [[Charles Darwin]] during the voyage of the 'Beagle'. +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.
+[[Category:Berberidaceae]]+[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]+[[Category:Flora of Chile]]
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−|genus=Berberis
+|familia=Berberidaceae
+|genus=Berberis
|species=darwinii
|species=darwinii
+|taxo_author=Hook.
+|habit=shrub
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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+|image=Berberis darwinii-IMG 7835.JPG
−|image_width=240
+|image_width=180
+|image_caption=Foliage and flowers
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+'''''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'''.
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+It is an [[evergreen]] thorny [[shrub]] growing to 3-4 m tall, with dense branches from ground level. The [[leaf|leaves]] are small oval, 12-25 mm long and 5-12 mm broad, with a spiny margin; they are borne in clusters of 2-5 together, subtended by a three-branched spine 2-4 mm long. The [[flower]]s are orange, 4-5 mm long, produced in dense [[raceme]]s 2-7 cm long in spring. The [[fruit]] is a small purple-black [[berry]] 4-7 mm diameter, ripening in summer.
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+It was discovered (for Western science) in South America in 1835 by [[Charles Darwin]] during the voyage of the 'Beagle'.
+
+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. B.M. 4590. F.S. 7:663. P.F.G. 2:46. J.F. 2:111. G.M. 44:660.
+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.
}}
}}
−==Cultivation==
−===Propagation===
−===Pests and diseases===
−==Varieties==
−==Gallery==
==Gallery==
−<gallery>
+<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Berberis darwinii-IMG 7832.JPG|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii-IMG 7832.JPG|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii-IMG 7833.JPG|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii-IMG 7833.JPG|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii shoot.jpg|Berberis darwinii
Image:Berberis darwinii shoot.jpg|Berberis darwinii
</gallery>
</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'']
+*{{wplink}}
−{{stub}}
−__NOTOC__
−{{Ranunculales-stub}}