| Berberis dictyota | |
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| Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley Hills. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. dictyota |
| Binomial name | |
| Berberis dictyota Jeps. | |
| Synonyms[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
Berberis dictyota, now reclassified asBerberis aquifolium var.dictyota,[2] with the common namesJepson's oregon grape andshining netvein barberry, is a flowering plant in theBarberry family.[3][9]
Berberis dictyota is an evergreen shrub up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. Leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets thick and rigid, whitish with a thick waxy layer on the underside, up to 9 cm long, with spines along the edges.[2]
Yellow flowers are borne in dense racemes of up to 50 flowers.[2] The bloom period is February through April.[3]
Berries are egg-shaped, dark blue, sometimes with a waxy coating, up to 7 mm long.[2][7][10][11]
The plant isendemic toCalifornia. It is very widespread, found from thePeninsular Ranges inSan Diego County north to theKlamath Mountains inSiskiyou County, and east to theSierra Nevada.[2][3][12]
It is native tochaparral, Foothilloak woodland, andyellow pine forest habitats, at elevations of 600–1,800 metres (2,000–5,900 ft).[2][3][7]
