Clustered barberry
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Clustered barberry ( Berberis aggregata ) |
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The Berberis aggregata ( Berberis aggregata ), a plant from the family of Barberry (Berberidaceae) is in the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Sichuan home.
description
The cluster-fruited barberry, a deciduous (deciduous) shrub , can reach a height of up to 2 meters. The twigs are brown in color and finely hairy, the thorns in three parts, up to 2 centimeters long. The leaves are olive-green on the top and bluish on the underside and are obovate, wedge-shaped at the base, spiky toothed and up to 3 centimeters long. Their autumn color ranges from yellow to red.
The small, light yellow flowers appear in late spring in almost spherical axillary panicles. The numerous spherical berries change color from yellowish-white to vermilion and are frosted with gray.
use
This species and its varieties are used as an ornamental shrub in gardens and parks.
Systematics
A synonym for the species is Berberis brevipaniculata hort. non CK cutting.
- Berberis aggregata var. Recurvata (CK Schneid.) CK Schneid. is a natural variety that is also found in China.
- Berberis aggregata var. Prattii (CK Schneid.) CK Schneid. on the other hand is a synonym for Berberis pratti C.K. Cutting.
The hybrid between the cluster-fruited barberry and a variety of Wilson's barberry ( Berberis wilsoniae var. Parvifolia Ahrendt ) is both scarlet barberry ( Berberis × carminea Ahrendt ) and Berberis × rubrostilla Chitt. designated.
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 .
- Christopher Brickell, The Royal Horticultural Society (ed.): The great plant encyclopedia. A to Z. Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg 2004, ISBN 3-8310-0657-1 .