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Berberis fremontii, known as Frémont's mahonia, is an erect evergreen shrub of dry mountain and desert slopes in the American Southwest and northwest Mexico. It is grown for its spiny, holly-like leaves and early yellow flowers, and it does best in full sun with very little water.
Berberis fremontii is a species of barberry known by the common name Frémont's mahonia (after John C. Frémont).
Berberis fremontii is native to mountainous regions of the US states of Arizona, Nevada, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. It grows in desert grassland and pinyon-juniper woodland.
The Zuni people use the crushed berries as a purple coloring for the skin and for objects employed in ceremonies.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis fremontii 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.
