Berberis pumila
Species of shrub
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Berberis pumila is a species of shrub native to the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and northwestern California. It is found in open woods and rocky areas at an altitude of 300–1,200 m (980–3,940 ft), often on serpentine soils.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. pumila |
| Binomial name | |
| Berberis pumila | |
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Berberis pumila is evergreen, rarely more than 40 cm tall. It has compound leaves and dark blue berries.[2][4]
The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[2][5][6][7]