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Common plant in Southern Europe, also found in western and central Europe
It is also present in the west of Asia and the United States
In the Iberian Peninsula we can find it in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Mountains and the Central System
In Catalonia it grows in the regions of Pallars Sobir�, Alt Urgell, Bergued� i al Priorat
It can be found in bramble thicket and subshrub formation, in dry environments of submontane and montane belt
It is a plant that can grow up to 3m high
It is a shrub with trifurcades thorns
It has simple, undivided, leathery and fibrous leaves
The leaves have serrated or integer margin and they are shortly petiolate
It has yellow hermaphrodite and actinomorphic flowers
The inflorescence is a raceme
It has 6 sepals and 6-7 petals arranged in two whorls
It generally has six stamens and a super ovary
Its berry is reddish (rarely blue)
The flowering period is between April and June
This plant acts like a host of the fungus Puccinia graminis Pers, in which develop the *** phase of his life cycle
It contains alkaloids such as berberine
The root bark is used as an antihypertensive, diuretic, laxative and as a congestion hepatobiliary
This plant is used in homeopathy for diarrhea and urinary disorders
Berberis vulgaris is toxic, except for its fruits and seeds
In cookery, the fruits of this plant are used to make jams