Shrub 2-3 m tall. Leaves alternate, to 50 cm long. Leaflets numerous (mostly 60-100 per leaf), stalkless, lanceolate, each 4-8 cm long. Flowers in large terminal clusters to 30 cm long, white, about 5 mm wide; anthers yellow. Sepals many. Petals 6. Stamens 6; summer. Ovary with 1 ovule. Fruit a round, red berry; July.
C China, Japan
Source: (1997). Berberidaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Nandina domestica 'Nana Purpurea'
Dwarf with compact habit and leaves purplish red through summer but most showy in autumn. ['Purpurea']
Dwarf with dense foliage. ['Nana']