Berberis vulgaris L., common barberry, épine-vinette commune
Tall shrub, usually 4 to 8 feet (12 to 24 dm.) high; clusters of
yellow flowers and, later, bright red berries; sporadic in
uncultivated habitats; largely eradicated from main
grain-growing areas. Alternate host for a serious fungus
disease, stem rust of wheat, oats, barley, and some other
grasses. Introduced from Europe, probably as an ornamental;
importation and sale now prohibited.
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common barberry, épine-vinette commune (close up)
common barberry, épine-vinette commune (bush)
common barberry, épine-vinette commune (herbarium specimen, in flower)
common barberry, épine-vinette commune (herbarium specimen, in fruit)
common barberry, épine-vinette commune (seedling)
common barberry, épine-vinette commune (A, branch with flowers; B, flower; C, young berry; D, shoot with some 3-pronged spines; E, branch with mature berries) [from C. Frankton and G, A. Mulligan, Weeds of Canada, Publication 948, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 217 pp, 1987]
common barberry, épine-vinette commune (alternate aecial stage of the fungus disease, Puccinia graminis, stem rust of wheat, on a leaf of common barberry)
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