family Berberidaceae
common name: purple Japanese barberry
ETYMOLOGY: The name Such is coined from the Arabic Barbarisi , With whom he was named the fruit of this plant. The specific attribute is given in honor of Swedish botanist Thunberg CP (1743-1828), pupil and successor of Linnaeus, active student of the flora of the Far East, South Africa and Ceylon, introduced in Europe promoter of many species to growing in the gardens.
it is a red-purple-leaved cultivar, similar in habit to the type species , but up to 150 cm high. Branches are thorny and flowers, gathered in small clusters, are yellow-cream. The complex offers a point of interest in all seasons and for the purple color of the foliage, which in Autumn truly ornamental, both for decorative and fragrant flowers that arises as a result of red berries that persist on the plant during the winter and are appetite very small animals.
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