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|accepted_name=Berberis fremontii
|accepted_authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 30. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mahonia fremontii
|authority=(Torrey) Fedde
}}
|hierarchy=Berberidaceae;Berberis;Berberis fremontii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Berberidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Berberis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Berberis fremontii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>evergreen, 1-4.5 m. <b>Stems</b> ± dimorphic, with elongate primary and short or somewhat elongate axillary shoots. <b>Bark</b> of 2d-year stems light brown or grayish purple, glabrous. <b>Bud</b> scales 2-4 mm, deciduous. <b>Spines</b> absent. <b>Leaves</b> 5-9(-11)-foliolate; petioles 0.2-0.8(-3) cm. <b>Leaflet</b> blades thick and rigid; surfaces abaxially dull, papillose, adaxially dull, glaucous; terminal leaflet stalked in most or all leaves, blade 1-2.6(-4) × 0.7-1.8(-2.5) cm, 1-2.5 times as long as wide; lateral leaflet blades elliptic to ovate or orbiculate, 1-3-veined from base, base obtuse or truncate, margins strongly crispate, toothed or lobed, with 2-5 teeth 2-6 mm high tipped with spines to 0.8-2.2 × 0.2-0.3 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemose, lax, 3-6-flowered, 2.5-6.5 cm; bracteoles membranous, apex acuminate. <b>Flowers</b>: anther filaments with distal pair of recurved lateral teeth. <b>Berries</b> yellow or red to brown, ± glaucous, spheric, 12-18 mm, dry, inflated.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
|habitat=Slopes and flats in desert grassland and pinyon-juniper woodland
|elevation=1100-2400(-3400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Berberis fremontii</i> is susceptible to infection by Puccinia graminis.</p><!--
--><p>The Apache Indians used <i>Berberis fremontii</i> for ceremonial purposes; the Hopi used it medicinally to heal gums (D. E. Moermann 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Berberis fremontii
|author=
|authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Mahonia fremontii
|basionyms=
|family=Berberidaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
|habitat=Slopes and flats in desert grassland and pinyon-juniper woodland
|elevation=1100-2400(-3400) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Berberis
|species=Berberis fremontii
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