Mahonia lomariifolia
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Mahonia lomariifolia is a large upright growing shrub or small tree, up to 9 meters high. It is native to the region between Yunnan
, Sichuan
, northern Burma and east to Taiwan
.
The foliage is borne in tufts at the top of the stems. The leaves have more leaflets than most species of Mahonia, usually up to 14-20 pairs of leaflets, with an additional terminal leaflet.
Yellow flowers are borne in racemose upright inflorescences at the tips of the branches, up to 25cm long, in autumn. Between 7 and 20 racemes occur in each cluster. The flowers are bright deep yellow, and are slightly fragrant. Flowers emerge from October to November in the northern hemisphere and May to June in the southern hemisphere.
It is cultivated in gardens, often for foliage effect because of the large pinnate leaves, though it is unreliably hardy in northern latitudes. It is a parent of some notable garden hybrids, including Mahonia 'Charity'.
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
, Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
, northern Burma and east to Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
The foliage is borne in tufts at the top of the stems. The leaves have more leaflets than most species of Mahonia, usually up to 14-20 pairs of leaflets, with an additional terminal leaflet.
Yellow flowers are borne in racemose upright inflorescences at the tips of the branches, up to 25cm long, in autumn. Between 7 and 20 racemes occur in each cluster. The flowers are bright deep yellow, and are slightly fragrant. Flowers emerge from October to November in the northern hemisphere and May to June in the southern hemisphere.
It is cultivated in gardens, often for foliage effect because of the large pinnate leaves, though it is unreliably hardy in northern latitudes. It is a parent of some notable garden hybrids, including Mahonia 'Charity'.