Berberis dictyota

California holly-grape
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. dictyota
Binomial name
Berberis dictyota Jeps.
Synonyms[1][2]
Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota (Jeps.) Jeps. Berberis californica Jeps Mahonia dictyota (Jeps.) Fedde Mahonia californica (Jeps.) Ahrendt Odostemon dictyota (Jeps.) Abrams

Berberis dictyota (shining netvein barberry)^[3] is a plant species endemic to California but very widespread in that state, found from San Diego County to Siskiyou County.^[4] It is generally found in open shrubby locations at elevations of 600–1800 m.^[2]

Berberis dictyota is an evergreen shrub up to 2 m tall. Leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets thick and rigid, whitish with a thick waxy layer on the underside, up to 9 cm long, with spines along the edges. Flowers are borne in dense racemes of up to 50 flowers. Berries are egg-shaped, dark blue, sometimes with a waxy coating, up to 7 mm long.^{[2][5][6][7][8][9]}

References

1. Tropicos
2. Flora of North America vol 3, Berberis dictyota
3. "Mahonia dictyota". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
4. Biota of North America Project floristic synthesis, Mahonia dictyota
5. Jepson, Willis Linn. 1891. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 18(11): 319
6. Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31(1–2): 89, Mahonia dictyota
7. Abrams, LeRoy. 1910. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 6(21): 360, Odostemon dictyota
8. Jepson, Willis Linn. 1921. Flora of California 1: 549.
9. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.