Lycium pumilum Dammer
Type: Namibia: Tschaukaib, Marloth 4660 (holotype: B; lectotype: PRE)
Geographical Region: Africa
Distribution: SOUTH AFRICA: Western, Eastern, and Northern Cape provinces, Free State; NAMIBIA
Habit: rigidly erect, thorny
Shrub height: 0.6-1.2 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Glaucous: glaucous
Leaf Succulence: succulent
Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 10-15 mm
Leaf Width: 1-2 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: tubular to campanulate
Calyx Tube Length: 2.5-4 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 0.5-0.8 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: white with purple veins and pale lilac lobes
Flower Shape: ovate, reflexed
Corolla Tube Length: 4-5 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 3-4 mm
Merosity: 5
Filament Pubescence: densely pilose 1 mm above base
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type:berry
Fruit Shape: spherical
Fruit Color: orange-red to red
Fruit length: 4 mm diameter