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Lycium densifolium Wiggins

Type: Mexico: Baja California Norte: coastal mesa between San Telmo and Camalu Plains, ca. 25 miles north of San Quintin, 1 March 1930, Wiggins 4281 (holotype: DS; isotypes: GH, US)

Geographical Region: North America

Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California, Sonora

Shrub height: 1-1.5 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: sparsely glandular-puberulent
Leaf Length: 5-16 mm
Leaf Width: 1-2.5 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: sub cylindrical
Calyx Pubescence: sparsely ciliolate
Calyx Tube Length: 2.5-3 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 1.5 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white, faintly veined with pale lavender
Flower Shape: rounded, spreading
Corolla Tube Length: 4-5 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1-1.5 mm

Merosity: 4

Filament Pubescence: pilose on basal 1mm of free portion

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose-ellipsoid
Fruit length: 3-4 mm diameter
Fruit color: red

Seed Number: many-seeded

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