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Lycium berlandieri Dunal

Type:
United States: Texas: Webb Co.: Laredo, Feb. 1828, Berlandier 1411 (holotype: G; isotype: GH, W)

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Geographical Region: North America

Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, , Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí; UNITED STATES: Arizona, Texas

Habit: sparingly branched

Shrub height: .7-2.5m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 1-2.5 mm
Leaf Width: 1.5-6 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: cup-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: small tuft of hair at tip of each lobe
Calyx Tube Length: 1-3mm
Calyx Lobe Length: one third as long as the tube

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white or pale lavender
Flower Shape: obconic-funnel form
Corolla Tube Length: 4-9 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1/6-1/3 the length of the tube

Merosity: 4-5

Filament Pubescence: densely pubescent for first third of free portion

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit length 5 mm in diameter
 

Seed Number: many

Varieties: berlanderi, parviflorum, longistylum, peninsulare

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