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Accession Data:

Nandina domestica Thunb.

  • Common Name: Heavenly Bamboo
  • Family: Berberidaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: India to eastern Asia

  • USDA Zone: 6-9

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200700228
  • Source: Libby MacDonald - College of William and Mary
  • Accession Date: 12-21-2007
  • Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 06-15-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Berberidaceae
  • SubFamily: Nandinoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

References (internal):

  • Invasive Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

data regenerated on Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:45:44 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Nandina domestica

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Current Accessions in the Berberidaceae

Subfamily Berberidoideae
Tribe Berberideae

  • Berberidinae: Berberis thunbergii W/C

Subfamily Nandinoideae

  • Nandina domestica
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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