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Lycium californicum  Nutt.

Type:United States: California: San Diego, Nuttall s. n. (holotype: GH)

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Geographical Region: North America

Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Sonora, San Luis Potosí; UNITED STATES: Arizona, California

Habit: intricately branched, decumbent or spreading

Shrub height: 0.1-2 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf succulence : succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 2-25 mm
Leaf Width: 1-3 mm

Calyx Shape: campanulate
Calyx Pubescence: puberulent
Calyx Tube Length: 2-2.5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: one third the length of the tube

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white to pale purple
Corolla Tube Length: 2-4.5mm
Corolla Lobe Length: about as long as tube or slightly shorter

Merosity: 4

Filament Pubescence: sparsely ciliolate, free base densely hairy

Sexuality: Dimorphic

Fruit characteristics :

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: ovoid
Fruit Color: orange-red or red
Fruit length: 2-4 mm

Seed Number: each carpel 1-seeded

Varieties: carinatum, arizonicum, interior, californicum

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