Lycium andersonii A. Gray
Type: United States: Nevada: southeastern portion of state, 1866, Anderson 151 (holotype: GH; isotypes: NY, UC)
Geographical Region: North America
Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora; UNITED STATES: Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
Habit: densely branched, rounded, thorny
Shrub height: 0.5-3 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous or densely short-pubescent
Leaf Length: 3-35 mm
Leaf Width: 1-8 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: cup-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: glabrous to densely short-pubescent
Calyx Tube Length: 1.5-3 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: one fourth the length of the calyx-tube
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: white to pale purple
Flower Shape: ovate
Corolla Tube Length: 4-16 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1.5-2 mm
Merosity: 4-5
Filament Pubescence: bases glabrous or sparsely hairy
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: ovoid or ellipsoid
Fruit Color: red or orange-red
Fruit length: 3-9 mm
Seed Number: many
Varieties: andersonii, deserticola, pubescens, wrightii