Harrison's Barberry
KOFA Mountain Barberry
Berberis harrisoniana
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Photographed in Palm Canyon, KOFA Mts., Yuma Co., Arizona. February 2005.
RANGE: This is a relect plant with a few isolated populations in deep
shady canyons in just a few mountain ranges of southwestern Arizona and
southeastern California. Also the Ajo Mountains in Organ Pipe National Monument.
SHRUB: A scraggly woody shrub normaly less than
two meters in height.
ARMED. The leaves are stiff and sharply spine-tipped. The stiff, woody
stems are without spines.
LEAVES: Leaves are trifoliate. The leaves are dark, shiny green.
FRUIT: Nearly black when ripe berries.
FLOWERS: Cream yellow flowers in small clusters are sweet-scented. There
are nine green sepals and six yellow petals. Half dozen stamens. Blooming in
Feb - March.