长苞十大功劳 chang bao shi da gong lao

Berberis longibracteata (Takeda) Laferrière.

Shrubs, 0.5-3 m tall. Leaves abaxially pale yellowish green, adaxially shiny, oblong, 14-23 × 6-11 cm, with 4 or 5 pairs of leaflets, lowest pair ca. 1 cm above base of petiole, abaxially with inconspicuously raised venation, adaxially with fairly close finely impressed reticulation; rachis 2-3 mm in diam.; internodes 2.5-4 cm, decreasing in length upward; lowest leaflets ovate, 1.5-2 × 1.2-2.2 mm, with 2 or 3 teeth on each side, those above oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3-8 × 2-3.5 cm, base suboblique, cuneate-rounded, margin with (3 or)4-7(-11) teeth on each side, apex mucronate or acuminate; terminal leaflet largest, petiolule 0.4-1.5 cm. Inflorescence 5-9-fascicled racemes, 6-9 cm; bracts of inflorescence narrowly ovate, 1.5-2 cm × 6-7 mm. Pedicel ca. 5 mm; floral bracts lanceolate, 7-9 × ca. 2.5 mm. Sepals yellow; outer sepals broadly lanceolate, 3-6 × 1-2.5 mm; median sepals oblong, 4-6 × 2-3 mm; inner sepals oblong-obovate, 5-6 × 2.5-3 mm. Petals oblong-elliptic, 4.1-4.5 × 2-3 mm, base with indistinct glands, apex entire. Stamens ca. 3 mm; anther connective narrow, not prolonged, truncate. Ovary ca. 2.2 mm; ovules 2. Berry bright red, not pruinose, oblong, ca. 10 × 6 mm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. May-Oct.

● Forests, thickets, shaded slopes, sometimes in Tsuga forests; 1900-3300 m. SE Sichuan, Yunnan.