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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Berberis darwinii''
| image = Berberis darwinii shoot.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.
==External links==
*[http://www.chilebosque.cl/shrb/bdarw.html Chilebosque: ''Berberis darwinii'']
[[Category:Berberidaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]
[[Category:Flora of Chile]]
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Berberis darwinii''
| image = Berberis darwinii shoot.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.
==External links==
*[http://www.chilebosque.cl/shrb/bdarw.html Chilebosque: ''Berberis darwinii'']
[[Category:Berberidaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]
[[Category:Flora of Chile]]
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
