假藏小檗 jia zang xiao bo

Shrubs, deciduous, ca. 1 m tall. Branches grayish black, sparsely black verruculose; spines simple or 3-fid, concolorous, 5-25 mm. Petiole 1-3 mm; leaf blade abaxially pallid, adaxially deep green, narrowly oblong-obovate, 2.5-3 cm × 6-10 mm, thinly leathery, abaxially with conspicuously raised midvein and lateral veins, reticulate veins prominent, adaxially with slightly raised midvein and lateral veins, reticulate veins inconspicuous, base cuneate, margin flat, 2-5-spinose-serrate on each side, apex obtuse, aristate. Flowers unknown. Infructescence with 3-10 berries, 3-4 cm; berry deep red, oblong-ellipsoid, 7-10 × 4-5 mm, not pruinose; style persistent, short; seeds 2. Fl. unknown, fr. Jul.

● Streamsides in thickets, Pinus forests; 800-3200 m. Yunnan.