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Berberis pimana

Berberis pimana is a deciduous shrub up to about 1.5 m tall from the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, grown mainly for its tart red berries. It grows best in moist, partly shaded spots such as streambanks.

Family
Berberidaceae (Barberry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially in the growing season, and avoid drying out completely.
Soil
Well-drained, moisture-retentive loam with organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; protect young plants from heat and drought above about 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Berberis pimana is a species of the genus Berberis in the family Berberidaceae. It is native to a mountainous region of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.

Type locale for B. pimana is the village of Nabogame, 18 km northwest of Yepachic, Chihuahua. Nabogame is inhabited by people of the indigenous group known as the Mountain Pima or Pima Bajo. Berberis pimana grows in moist, shaded areas, mostly along streambanks. The people sometimes eat the sour-tasting berries.

Other Alloberberis plants

Berberis fremontii · Berberis haematocarpa · Berberis nevinii · Currant Of Texas

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berberis pimana 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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