Biology:Berberis dictyota

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Short description: Species of shrub

Berberis dictyota
Mahonia californica 'Shasta Blue' (Mahonia dictyota) - Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA - DSC04290.JPG
Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley Hills.

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. dictyota
Binomial name
Berberis dictyota
Jeps.
Synonyms[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
  • Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota (Jeps.) Jeps.[2][3]
  • Berberis californica Jeps
  • Mahonia dictyota (Jeps.) Fedde
  • Mahonia californica (Jeps.) Ahrendt
  • Odostemon dictyota (Jeps.) Abrams

Berberis dictyota, now reclassified as Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota,[2] with the common names Jepson's oregon grape and shining netvein barberry, is a flowering plant in the Barberry family.[3][9]

Description

Berberis dictyota is an evergreen shrub up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. Leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets thick and rigid, whitish with a thick waxy layer on the underside, up to 9 cm long, with spines along the edges.[2]

Yellow flowers are borne in dense racemes of up to 50 flowers.[2] The bloom period is February through April.[3]

Berries are egg-shaped, dark blue, sometimes with a waxy coating, up to 7 mm long.[2][7][10][11]

Distribution and habitat

The plant is endemic to California . It is very widespread, found from the Peninsular Ranges in San Diego County north to the Klamath Mountains in Siskiyou County, and east to the Sierra Nevada.[2][3][12]

It is native to chaparral, Foothill oak woodland, and yellow pine forest habitats, at elevations of 600–1,800 metres (2,000–5,900 ft).[2][3][7]

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16748802 entry