Lycium exsertum
Lycium berlandieri
Arizona desert-thorn
Berlandier wolfberry, Berlandier's wolfberry
blade spatulate, 5–25 × 3–10 mm, surfaces densely glandular-pubescent.
blade linear to spatulate, 1.5–15 × 1–4.5 mm, surfaces glabrous.
2–3-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers.
2–3-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers.
3–6 mm.
3–20 mm.
bisexual or pistillate, 5-merous;
calyx tubular-campanulate, 2.5–6 mm, lobe lengths 0.25–0.5 times tube;
corolla greenish white to lavender, funnelform, 7–14 mm, lobes 1–2 mm;
stamens exserted 2–3+ mm in bisexual flowers.
4–5-merous;
calyx cupulate, 1–3 mm, lobe lengths 0.3 times tube;
corolla white to pale lavender, tubular to funnelform, 4–9 mm, lobe lengths 0.17–0.3 times tube;
stamens included to exserted.
red, ovoid, 6–8 mm, fleshy.
orange to red, globose, 5 mm, fleshy.
20–35.
50+.
= 48.
= 24.
Lycium exsertum
Lycium berlandieri
Populations of Lycium exsertum are morphologically gynodioecious (functionally dioecious), and plants are sexually dimorphic for flower size. Lycium exsertum can be differentiated from L. fremontii by its light purple pendent flowers, often considerably exserted stamens or stigma, and a more upland habitat.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Within the flora area, Lycium berlandieri occurs in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; it has been reported from western Oklahoma (Harmon and Jackson counties).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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