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Mahonia

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Mahonia (Berberidaceae) is a genus of western North American and eastern Asian pachycaul shrubs with pinnately compound evergreen leaves and fragrant, yellow flowers.

Mahonia is sometimes not differentiated from Berberis, but differs in its unarmed, mostly unbranched and thickened (i.e., pachycaulous) stems and inflorescences produced in bundles (Berberis have spiny, well-branched stems and axillary inflorescences). Mahonia × media (Mahonia japonica × Mahonia lomariifolia) includes a number of handsome cultivars, including 'Arthur Menzies', 'Buckland' and 'Charity', all of which succeed at UBC Botanical Garden. Their generous, crown-like flower clusters are produced from November through February in mild weather.

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