Berberis diaphana

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Read about Berberis diaphana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Berberis diaphana, Maxim. (B. yunnanensis, Hutchins., not French.). Shrub, to 3 ft., with rather stout branches, grooved, light yellowish brown in their second year; spines 1-3-parted, ¼-½, rarely to 1½ in. long: Lvs. obovate to oblong-obovate, obtusish, ¾-1½ in. long, spinose-serrulate or sometimes entire, glaucous and reticulate beneath: fls. bright yellow, ½ in. diam., solitary, or in 2's or 3's on a common peduncle; pedicels ¾ in. long: fr. oblong, often attenuated at the apex, scarlet, slightly bloomy, nearly ½ in. long. May; fr. in Sept. W. China. B.M. 8224. S.T.S. 2:109.— Remarkable for its large fr. ; the Lvs. turn scarlet in autumn. Hardy at the Arnold Arboretum.


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