Berberidaceae

Hollyleaved barberry

Berberis aquifolium Pursh

Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis

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Hollyleaved barberry (Berberis aquifolium) — FlowerPhoto: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (31)

Arabic: ماهونية بهشية الورق, عنب الجبل
Armenian: Մահոնի սովորական
arz: عنب اوريجون
Belarusian: Магонія падубалістая
Bulgarian: Орегонско грозде
Chinese: 俄勒冈十大功劳, 俄勒岡十大功勞, 北美十大功劳, 奧勒岡十大功勞, 奧勒岡葡萄
Croatian: Mahonija
Czech: Mahónie cesmínolistá, Mahonie cesmínolistá
Danish: Almindelig Mahonie, Høj Oregon-drue, Mahonibusk
Dutch: Mahonie, Mahonieboom
English: Hollyleaved barberry, Oregon grape, Oregon grapeholly, Oregon holly, Oregon holly grape, Holly-leaf Oregon-grape, Oregongrape, Piper's oregon-grape
Esperanto: Oregona mahonio
Estonian: Läiklehine mahoonia
Finnish: Mahonia, Lännenmahonia
German: Gewöhnliche Mahonie, Wagners Mahonie, Lorbeerblättrige Mahonie, Stechdornblättrige Mahonie
hsb: Wótrolistowa mahonija
Hungarian: Közönséges mahónia
Japanese: ヒイラギメギ
Lithuanian: Dyglialapė mahonija
Macedonian: Остролисна жолтика
Norwegian Bokmål: Mahonie, Vanlig mahonia
nv: Chéchʼil ntłʼizí yiltʼąąʼí
Persian: انگور اورگن
Romanian: Mahonie
Russian: Барбарис падуболистный, Магония падуболистная, Маго́ния падуболи́стная, Oregon-grape, Магония падуболистная - Mahonia aquifolium, Орегонский виноград
Serbian: Cirilica
Slovak: Mahónia cezmínolistá
Slovenian: Navadna mahonija
Swedish: Mahonia
Ukrainian: Магонія падуболиста
Vietnamese: Nho Oregon, Oregon-grape

Synonyms

Berberis aquifolium var. aquifolium
Berberis aquifolium var. juglandifolia (Jouin) Rehder
Berberis aquifolium var. lyallii (Ahrendt) Marroq. & Laferr.
Berberis aquifolium var. nutkana (DC.) Marroq. & Laferr.
Berberis brevipes Greene
Berberis pinnata Banks ex DC.
Berberis pinnata var. hortensis (Fedde) Marroq. & Laferr.
Berberis pinnata var. wagneri (Jouin) Rehder
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium f. albovariegata Schwer.
Mahonia aquifolium f. amabilis Schwer.
Mahonia aquifolium f. aucubifolia Schwer.
Mahonia aquifolium f. aureovariegata Schwer.
Mahonia aquifolium f. lutescens Schwer.
Mahonia aquifolium var. juglandifolia Jouin
Mahonia aquifolium var. lyallii Ahrendt
Mahonia aquifolium var. nutkana DC.
Mahonia brevipes (Greene) Rehder
Mahonia diversifolia Sweet
Mahonia latifolia Dippel
Mahonia moseri Ahrendt
Mahonia moseriana Moser ex Martinet
Mahonia murrayana Dippel
Mahonia pinnata var. hortensis Fedde
Mahonia pinnata var. wagneri Jouin
Mahonia undulata Ahrendt
Mahonia wagneri (Jouin) Rehder
Odostemon aquifolium (Pursh) Rydb.
Odostemon brevipes (Greene) A.Heller
Odostemon nutkanus (DC.) Rydb.

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 3,702 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Brodie Cass Talbott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Guerric Haché, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: The original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Hoard, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ellyne Geurts, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.