UIPlants: Botanic Terminology

Leaf Shape: Spatulate Click on the image for a larger view of the photo. Click on the name for detailed information on the plant.
Purple-leaved Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea)
Cockspur Hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)	Korean Barberry (Berberis koreana)

Leaf Shape: Spatulate

Obovate leaf that is rounded at tip, tapering to the base; wider at tip than base. Spoon-shaped.

Many of the Barberry species tend to have spatulate to elliptic leaves.

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