Leaved Oregon grape
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Drawing of leaved Oregon grape ( Mahonia pinnata ) |
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The Mahonia pinnata ( Mahonia pinnata ) is a plant from the family of Barberry (Berberidaceae). It occurs in the American states of Oregon and California and in Mexico ( Baja California ).
description
The pinnately leaved Oregon grape is a sturdy, upright evergreen shrub up to 3 meters high that develops side shoots. The leaves are up to 12 centimeters long and consist of 5 to 9 leaflets. These are ovate to lanceolate in shape and 3 to 5 centimeters long; their edge is very wavy and they are covered with 7 to 12 fine spiked teeth on both sides. The leaves are green and slightly glossy on top and take on a reddish-brown to red color in winter. The petiole is very short and the bases of the leaflets usually overlap.
The flowers appearing in May are light yellow and are up to 8 centimeters long terminal and axillary racemes, which stand together in groups of 5. The berries are egg-shaped, purple-black and blue-pricked.
use
This species is very rarely used as an ornamental shrub in gardens and parks.
hybrid
The feather-leaved Oregon grape forms the hybrid Wagner's Oregon grape ( Mahonia × wagneri ) with the common Oregon grape .
literature
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2006, ISBN 3-8001-4832-3 .
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .
- Gordon Cheers (Ed.): Botanica: The ABC of Plants. 10,000 species in text and images . 3rd, updated edition. Könemann, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8290-0868-6 .