ID hints "wintergreen barberry" Some leaves = 3-pointed spines*** - Leaves clustered dwarf shoots * - Leaves evergreen, elongated, spinose** Flowers yellow, spring, weakly foetid* - Sepals petaloid, yellow**

Berberis, barberry; wintergreen barberry

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.