Berberis dictyophylla, the netleaf barberry, is a deciduous shrub in the genus Berberis which is native to Western China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).[3]
Berberis dictyophylla grows to 150 cm in height. The young shoots are covered in a white bloom and bear branching spines. The obovate leaves turn red or yellow in Autumn. The plant bears solitary pale yellow flowers. Berries egg-shaped, reddish, often with a white bloom, up to 15 mm long.[3][4][5][6] It grows in many habitats including forests, mountain slopes, thickets, and roadsides.[3]
References
- ^ illustration published in Curtis's botanical magazine vol. 128 ser. 3 nr. 58 plate 7833, author Joseph Dalton Hooker
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b c "Berberis dictyophylla in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Berberis dictyophilla". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ Franchet, Adrien René. 1889. Plantae Delavayanae 39–40, pl. 11.
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