Berberidaceae
Darwin's barberry
Berberis darwinii
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Berberis
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- برباريس دارويني
- arz
- برباريس داروينى
- Azerbaijani
- Darvin zirinci
- Chinese
- 达尔文小檗, 達爾文小蘗
- English
- Darwin's barberry, Darwin's berberis
- German
- Darwins Berberitze
- Hungarian
- Darwin-borbolya
- Icelandic
- Bjarnaber
- Igbo
- Darwin's barberry, Darwin's berberis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Darwin-berberis
- Persian
- زرشک داروین
- Russian
- Барбарис Дарвина
- Serbian
- Дарвинова жутика
- Swedish
- Darwinberberis
- Tajik
- Зирки Дарвин
- Welsh
- Pren melyn Darwin
Synonyms
- Berberis costulata Gand.
- Berberis darwinii var. darwinii
- Berberis darwinii var. magellanica Ahrendt
- Berberis darwinii var. pendula G.Nicholson
- Berberis knightii (Lindl.) K.Koch
- Mahonia knightii Lindl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.