Snowy barberry
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The snowy barberry ( Berberis candidula ), and Evergreen pillow barberry called, is a plant from the family of Barberry (Berberidaceae). It comes from western China and was introduced by Père Farges in 1895.
description
The snowy barberry is a small, dense, evergreen shrub . The bark of the annual twigs is only loosely covered with blackish warts. The small leaves are glossy dark green and silvery white underneath, their edges are slightly curved. The leaf spines are tripartite and up to 2 cm long. The single flowers are light yellow. The elliptical berries are blue-black and frosted.
use
Like many other barberries, this species is used as an ornamental shrub.
With the warty barberry ( Berberis verruculosa ), the snowy barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × frikartii C.K.Schneid. ex Laar .
With the common Oregon grape ( Mahonia aquifolium ) the snowy barberry forms the genus hybrid x Mahoberberis aquicandidula H. Jensen .
swell
- Jost Fitschen : Woody flora , arr. By Franz H. Meyer, 11. Erw. and corrected edition, Wiebelsheim, Quelle and Meyer, 2002, ISBN 3-494-01268-7
- "The Hillier Trees & Shrubs", ed. by John Kelly and John Hillier, 1st ed., Braunschweig, Thalacker-Medien, 1997, ISBN 3-87815-086-5
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 16th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-5080-8 .
Web links
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
- Image of the snowy barberry
- Berberis candidula inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species b2013.1. Listed by: China Plant Specialist Group, 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2013.