Creeping mahonia

Taxobox
name = Creeping Mahonia

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image_width = 350px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ranunculales
familia = Berberidaceae
genus = "Mahonia"
species = "M. repens"
binomial = "Mahonia repens"
binomial_authority = (Lindl.) G. Don

Creeping Mahonia, Creeping Oregon-grape or Creeping barberry, "Mahonia repens", is the species of "Mahonia" native to the Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas of North America, from British Columbia and Alberta in the north to Arizona and New Mexico in the south. It is also found in some areas of California and Nevada. Its range extends just into Mexico.

Creeping Mahonia is a typical mahonia with conspicuous matt blue berries and shiny leaves. It grows as a subshrub. The yellow flowers appear in the middle of spring, and the blue berries in early summer. It is a hardy plant, tolerant of drought, frost and heat, so it is popular with gardeners. Berries and foliage are resistant to attack by deer, and although it is evergreen, in fall the leaves turn an attracting bronze. It can provide good ground cover in a cold situation. In garden conditions, and where their ranges overlap in nature, it hybridises readily with Oregon-grape, "Mahonia aquifolia", and the hybrids are less prostrate in their habit than the pure stock.

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MARE11 Entry for "Mahonia repens"] in the USDA PLANTS database