Berberis dictyota, now reclassified as Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota, Jepson eFlora: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota . accessed 31 October 2016. with the common names Jepson's oregon grape and shining netvein barberry, is a flowering plant in the Barberry family. Calflora: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota . accessed 31 October 2016.
Description Berberis dictyota is an evergreen shrub up to tall. Leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets thick and rigid, whitish with a thick waxy layer on the underside, up to 9 cm long, with spines along the edges.
Yellow flowers are borne in dense racemes of up to 50 flowers. The bloom period is February through April.
Berries are egg-shaped, dark blue, sometimes with a waxy coating, up to 7 mm long.Jepson, Willis Linn. 1891. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 18(11): 319Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31(1–2): 89, Mahonia dictyota
Distribution and habitat The plant is endemic to California. It is very widespread, found from the Peninsular Ranges in San Diego County north to the Klamath Mountains in Siskiyou County, and east to the Sierra Nevada.Biota of North America Project floristic synthesis, Mahonia dictyota
It is native to chaparral, Foothill oak woodland, and yellow pine forest habitats, at elevations of .
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External links Calflora Database: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota (Jepson's oregon grape, Shining netvein barberry) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota U.C. Calphotos gallery of Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota