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|accepted_name=Lycium andersonii
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=7: 388. 1868
|year=1868
}}
|common_names=Water jacket;redberry desert-thorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lycium andersonii var. deserticola
|authority=(C. L. Hitchcock) Jepson
|rank=variety
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|name=L. andersonii var. pubescens
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=variety
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|name=L. andersonii var. wrightii
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Lycium;Lycium andersonii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lycium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lycium andersonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>erect, 0.5–3 m; bark silvery tan to dark brown; stems glabrous or pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: blade spatulate, 3–35 × 1–8 mm, fleshy to succulent, sometimes glaucous, surfaces glabrous or pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–10 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 4–5-merous; calyx cupulate, 1.5–3 mm, lobe lengths 0.25 times tube; corolla white to light purple, narrowly tubular-funnelform, 4–16 mm, lobes 1–2.5 mm, margins glabrous or sparsely ciliate; stamens included or exserted. <b>Berries</b> orange to red, ovoid, 3–8 mm, fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> 50+. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–May.
|habitat=Desert washes, flats, grasslands.
|elevation=100–1900 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>F. Chiang Cabrera (1981) recognized three varieties of Lycium andersonii (var. andersonii, var. deserticola, var. wrightii) in the flora area; these varieties are based on corolla lobe number (four or five), flower size, and leaf size and shape. Distinctiveness of these varieties is unclear; these characters generally vary within most species and indeed within individuals.</p>
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name=Lycium andersonii
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lycium andersonii var. deserticola;L. andersonii var. pubescens;L. andersonii var. wrightii
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–May.
|habitat=Desert washes, flats, grasslands.
|elevation=100–1900 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1868
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=
|genus=Lycium
|species=Lycium andersonii
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