Lycium torreyi
Lycium macrodon
squaw desert-thorn, squawthorn, Torrey wolfberry, Torrey's box thorn, Torrey's wolfberry
desert wolfberry
blade spatulate to obovate, 10–50 × 1.5–15 mm, ± fleshy, surfaces glabrous.
blade spatulate, 5–35 × 2–12 mm, glaucous, surfaces glabrous or sparsely puberulent.
2–8-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers.
2-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers.
5–20 mm.
1–7 mm.
(4–)5-merous;
calyx cupulate to tubular, 2.5–6 mm, lobe lengths 0.25-0.5 times tube;
corolla white to greenish lavender, narrowly tubular, 5–15 mm, lobes spreading, 1–4 mm, margins densely ciliate-lanate;
stamens slightly exserted.
(4–)5-merous;
calyx campanulate, 4–9 mm, sparsely glandular-puberulent, lobes linear, length 1.5–2 times tube;
corolla white to greenish white to pale lilac on lobes, tubular, 6–12 mm, lobes 2–5 mm;
stamens included or exserted.
orange to red, ovoid, 6–12 mm, fleshy.
yellowish to brown, ovoid, constricted proximal to middle, 6–10 mm, dry, hard.
8–30.
2–4.
= 24.
= 24.
Lycium torreyi
Lycium macrodon
In the flora area, Lycium torreyi occurs in Arizona, southeastern California, eastern Nevada (Clark and Lincoln counties), western New Mexico, western Texas, and southern Utah. It can be distinguished from L. andersonii by its densely ciliate-lanate corolla lobes, and the mouth of the corolla is not quite as narrow. Further, L. torreyi usually occurs by streams or canals, with branches more cascading than upright. C. L. Hitchcock (1932) reported the fruits to be juicy and sweet.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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