Berberis eurybracteata
Object Details
- Description
- This evergreen shrub is a slow grower that resists pollution, tolerates drought, and does well in urban conditions.
- Hardiness
- 0- 40 F
- Bloom Time
- Fall to winter
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- This plant has been used medicinally in China for many purposes, and still is. Its leaves have a chemical with the potential to treat cancer.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- S China
- Habitat
- Wet ravines, woods; 655-6560ft (200-2000m)
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0545A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Barberry
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Ranunculanae
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Berberis
- Species
- eurybracteata
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Racemes of yellow flowers. Flowers are less than 1" (2.5 cm) across.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate leaves are dark green and leathery with dentate margins. Leaves are more than 6" (15.25 cm) long.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Blue to black berries
- Plant Size
- 4-5' tall x 3-4' wide (1.2-1.5 x .9-1.2 meters)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0545A