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Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf

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Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Stapf
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Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
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Berberis glaucocarpa

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glaucocarpa

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Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf

Glabrous, evergreen or semi-deciduous shrub to c. 7 m high. Shoots terete, grey or yellowish grey; reproductive shoots often pendent. Spines to 2.3 cm long, sometimes single, sometimes 3-partite. Lvs with short petiole to 5 mm long. Lamina mostly 2.5-7.5 × 1-2.5 cm, oblanceolate, elliptic to obovate and often very variable on one plant, entire or spiny serrate (often remotely so), ± shining above and often turning reddish in autumn, reticulate, subcoriaceous, sometimes almost membranous in shadier and moister habitats; base attenuate; apex spiny. Fls foetid, arranged in simple or compound racemes to 6 cm long; bracts 2-3 mm long, lanceolate-acuminate; bracteoles sometimes c. 1/2 way along pedicel, otherwise near base, < bracts. Pedicels 0.6-1.5 mm long. Perianth segments yellow, sometimes the outer red-tinged, 4-7 mm long; outer sepals shorter; inner sepals broadly obovate and petals slightly emarginate, with 2 prominent basal oblong nectaries. Stamens 3-4 mm long. Ovules 4. Berry 7-12 mm long, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, reddish black, strongly whitish pruinose; juice dark red; fruiting style c. 1 mm long.

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Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf

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Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Berberis glaucocarpa Stapf
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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dba38451-f5c9-461c-a313-9fd2c2717aac
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1 January 2000
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