Warty barberry
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Warty barberry ( Berberis verruculosa ) |
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The warty barberry ( Berberis verruculosa ) is a species of plant from the genus of the barberry ( Berberis ) in the family of the barberry family (Berberidaceae) originating from China .
distribution
The home of the warty barberry is in China in western Sichuan . It was introduced in Europe in 1904 by Ernest Henry Wilson , who collected plants for Veitch and Sons in western and central China from 1899 to 1905 .
description
The warty barberry is a dense, evergreen shrub that reaches heights of up to 2 meters. The annual twigs are rough and arched and covered with very fine initially brown, later black warts. The numerous leaves are small, their edges slightly bent, shiny dark green and whitish underneath. The leaf spines are tripartite and up to 2 cm long. The mostly single flowers are golden yellow. The cylindrical berries are black-purple.
use
Like many other barberries, this species is used as an ornamental shrub .
Hybrids
The species forms hybrids with other species of the genus :
- With the beautiful flowering barberry ( Berberis calliantha ), the warty barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × bristolensis Ahrendt .
- With the snowy barberry ( Berberis candidula ), the warty barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × frikartii C.K.Schneid. ex Laar .
- With the variety Gagnepain's barberry ( Berberis gagnepainii var. Lanceifolia ), the warty barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × hybrido-gagnepainii .
- With the variety Hooker's barberry ( Berberis hookeri var. Viridis ), the warty barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × interposita Ahrendt .
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 .
