Berberis pinnata subsp. pinnata

Lagasca
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Shrubs, self-supporting, 0.3-1.6 m. Leaflets thin but ± rigid; lateral leaflet blades ovate to broadly lanceolate, margins undulate or crispate, marginal teeth tipped with spines to 1.2-3 × 0.2-0.3 mm. Inflorescences 2-5 cm.


Phenology: Flowering winter–spring (Feb–May).
Habitat: Exposed rocky openings in woods and shrubland
Elevation: 0-1200 m

Distribution

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Calif., Oreg., Mexico (n Baja California)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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rounded;broadly acute +
Alan T. Whittemore +
Lagasca +
grayish brown +
cordate;truncate;cordate;truncate;obtuse +
Mahonia +
oblong-ovoid +  and subspheric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br /> (6.2 cm62 mm <br />0.062 m <br />) +
obovate +, oblanceolate +  and elliptic +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
scale-like +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Mexico (n Baja California) +
0-1200 m +
small +  and large +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
compound +  and simple +
spheric +  and cylindric-ovoid or ellipsoid +
Exposed rocky openings in woods and shrubland +
axillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
(3-)5-13-foliolate +
reduced +
crispate;undulate +
1-carpellate +
basal +  and superior +
club--shaped +
3-merous +  and 2-merous +
nectariferous +
distinct +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Flowering winter–spring (Feb–May). +
Elench. Pl., +
not nodose +
tan +  and redbrown or black +
1 +  and 10 +
distinct +
elongate +
1.2mm;3mm +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
elongating +
monomorphic +
with elongate primary-stems and short axillary spur shoots +  and elongate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
persistent +
Mahonia pinnata +
Berberis pinnata subsp. pinnata +
Berberis pinnata +
subspecies +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
160 cm1,600 mm <br />1.6 m <br /> (700 cm7,000 mm <br />7 m <br />) +
shrub +  and self-supporting +
glabrous +  and with tomentose stems +