Dwarf Magellan Barberry, Dwarf Box-leafed Barberry               BER-ber-is buks-i-FO-lee-a

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, slow growing, 2 ft (0.5 m) tall, dense, mounding habit, small thorns, 3-parted or simple.  Leaves simple, alternate, 1-2.5 cm long, prickly tip, otherwise entire.  Flowers yellow-orange.  Fruit purple-blue.
• Sun.
• Hardy to USDA Zone (6) 7      Native to southern Chile, Argentina.
• Some disorder in Corvallis, presumably a disease, causes entire shoots to brown and die.