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Lycium andersonii A. Gray

Type: United States: Nevada: southeastern portion of state, 1866, Anderson 151 (holotype: GH; isotypes: NY, UC)

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Geographical Region: North America

Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora; UNITED STATES: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

Habit: densely branched, rounded, thorny

Shrub height: 0.5-3 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous or densely short-pubescent
Leaf Length: 3-35 mm
Leaf Width: 1-8 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: cup-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: glabrous to densely short-pubescent
Calyx Tube Length: 1.5-3 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: one fourth the length of the calyx-tube

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white to pale purple
Flower Shape: ovate
Corolla Tube Length: 4-16 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1.5-2 mm

Merosity: 4-5

Filament Pubescence: bases glabrous or sparsely hairy

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: ovoid or ellipsoid
Fruit Color: red or orange-red
Fruit length: 3-9 mm

Seed Number: many

Varieties: andersonii, deserticola, pubescens, wrightii

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