#228 (Sh.28) GAGNEPAIN'S BARBERRY
Berberis gagnepainii
Planted: 1930
| Distribution: | Endemic to China: Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan and Yunan provinces. |
| Habit: | A spiny Shrub growing up to 2 m tall. |
| Leaves: | The leaves are evergreen, simple, lanceolate to elliptical, toothed, the teeth tipped with short spines. |
| Flowers: | The leaves and flowers are borne on short shoots in the axils of 3-parted spines. The inflorescence is a fascicle of 2 to 15 yellow flowers. |
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| Comment: | Its name is dedicated to Francois Gagnepain (1866 – 1952) who was a French botanist. Introduced 1904 by Ernest Henry Wilson for Veitch Nurseries, Exeter. |