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Berberis empetrifolia

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Berberis empetrifolia, sometimes called heath barberry, is a low, somewhat spiny shrub belonging to the barberries in the family Berberidaceae. The local names in Chile are zarcilla, monte negro and uva de la cordillera. It has small narrow entire leaves, and small yolk-colored flowers and later globose blue-black berries. The species is native to south of 30ºS in Argentina and Chile, where it grows on sunny, often gravelly soils, and is sometimes planted as an ornamental elsewhere in temperate climates.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Berberis empetrifolia
Slug
berberis-empetrifolia
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Berberidaceae
Genus
Berberis
Species
empetrifolia
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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