Berberidaceae
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Berberis
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Common names
By language (26)
- Azerbaijani
- Tunberq zirinci
- Belarusian
- Барбарыс Тунберга
- Chinese
- 日本小檗, 一颗针, 红叶小檗
- Croatian
- Thumbergova žutika
- Czech
- Dřišťál Thunbergův
- Danish
- Hæk-berberis, Thunbergs Berberis
- Dutch
- Japanse berberis
- English
- Japanese barberry, Red barberry, Thunberg's barberry
- Estonian
- Thunbergi kukerpuu
- Finnish
- Japaninhappomarja
- French
- Epine-vinette de thunberg, Berbéris de Thunberg, Épine-vinette de Thunberg
- German
- Thunberg-Berberitze, Thunbergs Berberitze, Grüne Hecken-Berberitze
- hsb
- Thunbergowa kisyca
- Icelandic
- Sólbroddur
- Japanese
- メギ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Høstberberis, Japanberberis
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Haustberberis, Høstberberis, Japanberberis
- Persian
- زرشک زینتی
- Polish
- Berberys Thunberga
- Russian
- Барбарис Тунберга
- Serbian
- Тумбергова жутика
- Slovak
- Dráč Thunbergov
- Slovenian
- Thunbergov češmin
- Swedish
- Häckberberis
- Ukrainian
- Барбарис Тунберґа
- Welsh
- Pren melyn Thunberg
Synonyms
- Berberis maximowiczii Regel
- Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea (Chenault) Rehder
- Berberis thunbergii f. erecta Rehder
- Berberis thunbergii f. grandiflora E.L.Wolf ex V.V.Byalt, L.V.Orlova & Potokin
- Berberis thunbergii f. microcarpa E.L.Wolf ex V.V.Byalt, L.V.Orlova & Potokin
- Berberis thunbergii f. minor (Rehder) Zabel
- Berberis thunbergii f. obovata E.L.Wolf ex V.V.Byalt, L.V.Orlova & Potokin
- Berberis thunbergii f. trispinosa E.L.Wolf ex V.V.Byalt, L.V.Orlova & Potokin
- Berberis thunbergii var. argenteomarginata C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Chenault
- Berberis thunbergii var. erecta (Rehder) Ahrendt
- Berberis thunbergii var. maximowiczii (Regel) Regel
- Berberis thunbergii var. minor Rehder
- Berberis thunbergii var. pluriflora Koehne
- Berberis thunbergii var. pluriflora (Koehne) Rehder
- Berberis thunbergii var. rubrifolia Ahrendt
- Berberis thunbergii var. uniflora Koehne
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Alpsdake, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.