Mahonia x media
Mahonia × media is an interspecific hybrid evergreen shrub. Its parents are Mahonia lomariifolia and Mahonia japonica. It is erect and may reach 2 metres. It has large, spined, leathery leaves and sprays of slightly fragrant yellow flowers.
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Usually encountered as a garden escape or introduction.
Flowers late winter and early spring.
Evergreen shrub.
Infrequently recorded in Britain.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Graham Calow
Maynes Lakes, Stoke Golding
13 March 2017
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton, copse near playing Field
09 May 2021
Steve Mathers
Melton Country Park
22 March 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Ranunculales
- Family:
- Berberidaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 13/03/2017 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/05/2021 (Calow, Graham)
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Graham Calow
Maynes Lakes, Stoke Golding
13 March 2017
Steve Mathers
Melton Country Park
22 March 2017
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton, copse near playing Field
09 May 2021
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton, copse near playing Field
09 May 2021
Steve Mathers
Melton Country Park
22 March 2017
