Lycium torreyi
Lycium parishii
squaw desert-thorn, squawthorn, Torrey wolfberry, Torrey's box thorn, Torrey's wolfberry
Parish wolfberry, Parish's desert-thorn, Parish's wolfberry
blade spatulate to obovate, 10–50 × 1.5–15 mm, ± fleshy, surfaces glabrous.
blade spatulate, 3–12 × 1–5 mm, surfaces densely pubescent.
2–8-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers.
2-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers, erect.
5–20 mm.
2–10 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.
5-merous;
calyx campanulate, 2–6 mm, lobe lengths 0.5–1 times tube;
corolla pale lavender to purple, narrowly campanulate to funnelform, 6–10 mm, lobes 2–3 mm;
stamens exserted.
orange to red, ovoid, 6–12 mm, fleshy.
red, ovoid, 4–7 mm, fleshy.
8–30.
7–15.
= 24.
= 24.
Lycium torreyi
Lycium parishii
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.)
Within the flora area, Lycium parishii occurs in Arizona, southern California, and southern Nevada (Clark County).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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