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Berberis levis, Franch. Shrub, to 5 ft., evergreen: branches light yellowish gray, angled, usually with long spines: Lvs. narrow-lanceolate, remotely spiny-serrate, slightly or not revolute at the margin, light green beneath, indistinctly veined, 1-2 in. long: fls. in many-fld. fascicles, ⅓ in. across; pedicels short, ¼-½ in. long: fr. short-ovoid, about ¼ in. long, black; stigma on a short style. June; fr. Oct. W. China. See discussion on page 3566.
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Berberis levis, No. 24. The species described under this name is B. atrocarpa, Schneid. (B. levis, Hort., not Franchet). The true B. levis is not in cult.; it has more closely serrated lvs. and purplish black slightly bloomy fr., while the fr. of B. atrocarpa is jet-black.
Berberis levis, No. 24. The species described under this name is B. atrocarpa, Schneid. (B. levis, Hort., not Franchet). The true B. levis is not in cult.; it has more closely serrated lvs. and purplish black slightly bloomy fr., while the fr. of B. atrocarpa is jet-black.