Scientific Name
Mahonia
Common Name
mahonia

Characteristics

ID hints
Leaves crowded, pinnately compound**
- Leaflets 5-9 pairs, evergreen, spinose
Flowers terminal, yellow, clustered
- Petals in 2 rows, weakly foetid
Fruits in terminal cluster
-Fruits bluish-black berries

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.Russell

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