Veitch's barberry
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Veitch's barberry ( Berberis veitchii ) |
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Veitch barberry ( Berberis veitchii ) is one of China originating plant from the kind of barberry ( Berberis ) in the family of Barberry (Berberidaceae).
description
Veitch's barberry is an evergreen shrub that reaches heights of up to 2 meters. The bark of the young twigs is colored red. The leaves are 6 to 12 cm long, lanceolate and prickly serrated, dark green on top and light to yellow-green below. The leaf spines are up to 4 cm long and tripartite. The long-stalked flowers are bronze to yellow and are in axillary to eight-fold clusters. The berries are black-blue and frosted.
distribution
The home of Veitchs barberry is in central China . It was introduced in Europe in 1900 by Ernest Henry Wilson , who collected plants for Veitch and Sons in western and central China from 1899 to 1905 .
use
Like many other barberries, this species is used as an ornamental shrub.
swell
- Jost Fitschen : Woody flora , arr. By Franz H. Meyer, 11. Erw. and corrected edition, Quelle and Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2002, ISBN 3-494-01268-7
- John Kelly & John Hillier (eds.): The Hillier Trees & Bushes , 1st edition, Thalacker-Medien, Braunschweig 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 .