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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Berberis verruculosa''
| image = Berberis verruculosa leaves.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Upper side of shoot above, <br/>lower side below, with flower buds
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Berberidaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Berberis]]''
| species = '''''B. verruculosa'''''
| binomial = ''Berberis verruculosa''
| binomial_authority = Hemsl. & Wils.
}}
'''''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.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is popular as an [[ornamental plant]], and grows well in any garden soil.
[[Category:Berberidaceae]]
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Berberis verruculosa''
| image = Berberis verruculosa leaves.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Upper side of shoot above, <br/>lower side below, with flower buds
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Berberidaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Berberis]]''
| species = '''''B. verruculosa'''''
| binomial = ''Berberis verruculosa''
| binomial_authority = Hemsl. & Wils.
}}
'''''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.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is popular as an [[ornamental plant]], and grows well in any garden soil.
[[Category:Berberidaceae]]
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
