| Scientific Name: | Berberis repens ( syn. Mahonia repens ) |
| Common Name: | creeping mahonia, creeping barberry |
| Family Name: | Berberidaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Ground cover, Native planting, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Spinose |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Blue, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Evergreen groundcover 15-90cm tall; leaves alternate, pinnately compound with (3-)5 or 7 leaflets, most 2-6cm long x 1-3cm wide, margin spinose with 15-43 teeth; racemes 3-8cm long, in clusters, florets with 6 yellow petals; berries round, 8-11mm wide, black, glaucous. | |