Wilson's barberry
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Wilson's barberry ( Berberis wilsoniae ). |
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Wilson's barberry ( Berberis wilsoniae ) is a species of plant from the genus of barberries ( Berberis ) in the family of the barberry family (Berberidaceae) originating from China .
distribution
The home of Wilson's barberry is in western Sichuan in China. 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 and named after his wife.
description
Wilson's barberry is a small, dense, partially deciduous (semi- evergreen ) shrub . The annual twigs are somewhat downy. The small foliage leaves are inverted lanceolate, the tip mostly rounded, reticulate, dark green on top, bluish-green underneath. The autumn color of the leaves is intense red. The leaf spines are three-part, up to 2 centimeters long and very thin. The golden yellow flowers are two to six, in tufted umbels, or in panicles up to 1.5 centimeters long. The round berries are salmon to coral red and last through winter.
Multiplication
This species can only be propagated by seeds or cuttings collected in nature .
use
Like many other barberries, Wilson's barberry and its cultivated forms are used as an ornamental shrub.
Cultivated forms
- Berberis wilsoniae var. Stapfiana (CK Schneid.) CK Schneid. : annual twigs glabrous, leaves prickly
- Berberis wilsoniae var. Subcaulialata (CK Schneid.) CK Schneid. ( Syn .: Berberis coryi H.J. Veitch ): The annual twigs are bare and the leaves are whitish underneath.
The species forms hybrids with other species of the genus :
With the cluster-fruited barberry ( Berberis aggregata ), Wilson's barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × rubrostilla Chitt. ; According to the Zander short dictionary of plant names, the name Berberis × carminea Ahrendt is also used for this hybrid .
swell
- Jost Fitschen (welcomed), Franz H. Meyer, Ulrich Hecker, Hans Rolf Höster, Fred-Günter Schroeder: Woody flora. 11th ext. and corr. Edition. Quelle & 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 .
