Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
Genus species | Berberis repens Lindl. |
Bibliography | Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1176 (1828) |
Native Range | w. Canada to c. & w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-7, ovate, acute, not acuminate, adaxially dull, spinose-dentate, racemes few, terminal, 3-5cm long, berry spherical, dark blue |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Berberis aquifolium ssp. repens (Lindl.) Brayshaw Berberis aquifolium var. repens (Lindl.) Scoggan Berberis nana Greene Berberis repens var. macrocarpa (Jouin) Marroq. & Laferr. Berberis repens var. rotundifolia (Fedde) Marroq. & Laferr. Berberis sonnei (Abrams) McMinn Mahonia nana (Greene) Fedde Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G.Don Mahonia repens var. macrocarpa Jouin Mahonia repens var. rotundifolia (May) Fedde Mahonia repens var. scopulatilis S.L.Welsh Mahonia repens f. subcordata Rehder Mahonia repens var. typica C.K.Schneid. Mahonia rotundifolia May Mahonia sonnei Abrams Odostemon repens (Lindl.) Cockerell |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |