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Barberry

Berberis baluchistanica

Berberis baluchistanica is a spiny shrub in the barberry family, native to western Pakistan and northern Oman. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care advice rests mainly on general barberry cultivation.

Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, then let the soil dry out between waterings; established plants tolerate drought.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerates poor or rocky ground.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to cool temperate conditions; protect young plants from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Oman, SW. Pakistan
Climate
temperate

About

Berberis baluchistanica is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to western Pakistan.

It produces a unique flavone, berberisinol.

Other Berberis plants

Berberis actinacantha · Berberis aemulans · Berberis aetnensis · Salmon barberry · Berberis agricola · Berberis ahrendtii · Berberis alpicola · Berberis amabilis · Berberis amoena · Amur Barberry · Berberis angustifolia · Berberis argentinensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis baluchistanica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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