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Berberis dictyoneura Schneid.

Modern name

Berberis dictyoneura C.K.Schneid.

A deciduous shrub to 5 ft high; young shoots green and glabrous, becoming grey and slightly warted. Spines three-parted, up to 45 in. long. Leaves to 112 in. long, obovate, rounded at the apex, tapered at the base to a short stalk, prominently net-veined, dull grey-green above, yellow-green below, edged with numerous spiny teeth. Flowers up to 25 in. across, borne six to fourteen together in a short raceme or more or less clustered. Berries usually egg-shaped, pink, 13 in. long, with one or two seeds.

Native of China, introduced by Wilson in 1910 from the Min valley in W. Szechwan, under his No. 4633.


Genus

Berberis

Other species in the genus