Berberis laurina is a spiny and woody, (semi-)evergreen shrub belonging to the barberries in the family Berberidaceae.

[2] Berberis laurina is a spiny and woody shrub, up to 2½ m high, evergreen or with semi-persistent foliage.

The species occurs in the wild in Uruguay, southern Brazil and the Misiones province in the very east of Argentina.

The leafblade is elliptical in shape, 3–9 cm long, sometimes widest beyond midlength, and has a triangular base, entire margins or with few spiny teeth, while the tip also ends in a spine.

The calyx and corolla cannot be clearly distinguished since both consist of concave, ovate, light yellow tepals, together twelve in four whorls of three.