Berberis parkeriana C. K. Schneid.

Same vernacular name and uses as that of Berberis lyceum Royle. A most common Berberis in our northern hills, quite variable and with integrading forms very close to Berberis lycium.

Shrub, very similar to Berberis lyceum Royle but leaves usually greenish below, epapillose and berries slightly larger, pruinose black-blue. Racemes usually subfascicled, with lower flowers having longer pedicels. Berries 8-9 (-10) mm long, 6-7 mm broad, broadly obovoid to suborbicular; style 1 mm long.

Distribution: Pakistan and Kashmir.