Barberry
ఎరుపుమణిచెట్టు
Berberis vulgaris L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 4.0 m
- wide
- —
Berberidaceae
Also called Common Barberry, European barberry
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (bark, leaves, roots, sap) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to W. & N. IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- alarguez, agracio, arlo
- German
- Berberitze, Sauerdorn, Echte Berberitze
- Ukrainian
- Кислиця, Барбарис звичайний
- Catalan
- Coralet
- Estonian
- Kukerpuu, Harilik kukerpuu
- Croatian
- Žutika
- Macedonian
- жолтика
- Dutch
- Zuurbes
- Arabic
- شجيرة البرباريس
- Asturian
- espinela
- Azerbaijani
- Adi zirinc
- Belarusian
- Барбарыс звычайны
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Berberis vulgaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.