Lycium chilense Miers ex Bertero

Type: no type specified, but "in sylvaticis montis la Leona, in rupestribus St. Jago, Nov. 1828, Bertero 396"

Geographical Region: South America

Distribution: ARGENTINA: Provinces Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Chubut, Neuquen, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman, Aconcagua; CHILE

Habit: erect

Shrub height: 0.5-2 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Pubescence: pubescent
Leaf Length: 3-35 mm
Leaf Width: 2-8 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: campanulate
Calyx Pubescence: pubescent
Calyx Tube Length: 1.5-2.5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 0.5-2.5mm, usually shorter than tube

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white, whitish-yellow, whitish-lilac
Flower Shape: funnel form
Corolla Tube Length: 2.5-6 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 3.5-5 mm

Merosity: 5

Filament Pubescence: pubescent

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose to ovoid
Fruit Color: red, orange
Fruit Length: 6-8 mm
Fruit Width: 4.5 mm

Seed Number: 5-15 per locule

Fruit Constriction: no

Varieties: confertifolium, descolei, glaberrimum, comberi, filifolium, minutifolium, vergarae