Agarito*
Agarito*
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Agarito*

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*This item is not for sale and listed as a plant library product for educational purposes only. 

LATIN NAME

Berberis trifoliolata (synonym: Mahonia trifiolata)

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Cool

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS
• Other common names: “Algerita,” “Agrito,” “Agrillo,” and “Laredo Mahonia.”
• Flowers in late winter with the fruit ripening in June.
• The red, acid berries make acid jellies and wine, and are gathered by placing sheets of cloth or burlap underneath the plant and thrashing the thorny bush with a stick.
• Has spiny, holly-like leaves.
• Is adapted to dry, stony hillsides over most of central and west Texas.
• Birds eagerly devour the berries, and the flowers are considered good bee food.
• Yellow dye is made from the wood and roots.

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