barberry

barberry

A spiny shrub; common barberry has toothed leaves and hanging clusters of elongated red fruits.

Berberis vulgaris

All languages

English: barberry
Norwegian: berberis
Japanese: メギ — めぎ — megi
Korean: 매자나무류 — maejanamuryu
Spanish: agracejo
French: épine-vinette
German: Berberitze

Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

NC State Extension — common European barberry broad shrub, three-parted spines, clustered serrated simple leaves and racemes of small red ellipsoid berries
University of Washington Burke Herbarium — Berberis vulgaris obovate-oblanceolate finely bristle-serrated leaves with rounded-obtuse apex