Scientific Name: Berberis nervosa ( syn. Mahonia nervosa )
Common Name: longleaf mahonia, dull Oregon grape
Family Name: Berberidaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Group or mass planting, Herb, Reclamation, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Prickly, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Spinose
Flowers: Raceme, Yellow, May-Jun
Fruit: Berry (true), Edible, Blue, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, pinnately-compound, 30-45cm long, with (9-)11-19(-21) leathery lanceolate leaflets, most 3-9cm long, margins with (6-)8-13(-15) spiny teeth; racemes in clusters, yellow florets with 6 petals, Apr-Jun; berries blue, glaucous, nearly round, 8-11mm wide.