Lycium depressum Stocks

Geographical Region: Eurasia

Distribution: Iran; Iraq; Israel; Pakistan; Russia; Turkmenistan

Habit: erect shrub

Shrub Height: 1.5-2.5 m

Leaf characteristics:

    Leaf Length: 20-50 mm
    Leaf Width:  4-17 mm
    Leaf shape: oblong, oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate

Calyx characteristics:

    Calyx Shape: cup-like, lobes irregular
    Calyx Pubescence: minutely pubescent   

Corolla characteristics:

    Corolla Color: pale violet to violet
    Flower Shape: infundibuliform
    Corolla Tube Length: 4-5 mm
    Corolla Lobe Length: one-third as long as corolla tube

Filament Pubescence: filaments glabrous at the base

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

    Fruit Type: berry
    Fruit Shape: globose
    Fruit Color: red
    Fruit Width: 5-6 mm broad