Mahonia pinnata - California barberry

California barberry (Mahonia pinnata) is an upright evergreen shrub native to California, in western North America, its tart fruit edible and its roots and leaves a source of green, violet, and blue-purple dyes.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Mahonia pinnata | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 10 seconds ↩