Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Berberis thunbergii / Megi メギ

Bloom time: April

   
Family:
 
Berberridaceae / Megika
 

Species in the genus Berberis:


Berberis thunbergii / Megi

 

   

Berberis thunbergii / Megi メギ

 
Berberis thunbergii, a deciduous shrub inhabiting forest edges or uncultivated fields in mountainous regions, making up flat ball-forms, grow to as tall as 2 meters. Branches are red-brown, with steep ditches, ridges, and one to three 7-10 mm-long prickles at nodes. Leaves are alternate, blades 1-5cm-long, 5-15mm wide, obovate to oblong, tips sharp, bases tapering to petioles, with entire margins. Flowers, 2-4 in number, are yellow-green, about 6mm wide, and hang down from branch tips; sepals are as large as petals, so they look like petals. Sap fruit, oblong, 7-10mm in length, mature in red in October-November. Bloom time: April.
                     
               
                     

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