| Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Berberis aetnensis C.Presl |
| Bibliography | Fl. Sicul.: 28 (1826 |
| Native Range | Corsica, Sardinia, s. Italy, Sicilia |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets light yellow, spinose, leaves deciduous, 20-35mm, oblong-obovate, on margins spinose, adaxially grey-green, flowers 6mm in diam., in short raceme, berry red |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Berberis aetnensis var. calabrica C.K.Schneid. Berberis boissieri C.K.Schneid. Berberis sicula Jan Elench. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Berberis vulgaris var. aetnensis (C.Presl) Hook.f. & Thomson Berberis vulgaris ssp. aetnensis (C.Presl) Rouy & Foucaud |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia) |