View source for Lycium californicum

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|accepted_name=Lycium californicum
|accepted_authority=Nuttall ex A. Gray in W. H. Brewer et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. California
|place=1: 542. 1876
|year=1876
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|common_names=California box-thorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lycium californicum var. arizonicum
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
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|name=L. californicum var. interior
|authority=F. Chiang
|rank=variety
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|name=L. carinatum
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Lycium;Lycium californicum
|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 californicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>prostrate to erect, 0.1–2 m; bark yellowish to gray; stems glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: blade spheric to spatulate, 2–25 × 1–3 mm, fleshy to succulent, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–3-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–5 mm. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual or pistillate, 4-merous; calyx campanulate, 2–4-lobed, 2–3 mm, lobe lengths 0.3 times tube; corolla white to pale purple, campanulate, 2–6 mm, lobe lengths to 1 times tube; stamens exserted (bisexual flowers) or included, with nonfunctional anthers (pistillate flowers). <b>Berries</b> orange to red, ovoid, 2–6 mm, thinly fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> 2, each enclosed by a hard layer. <b>2n</b> = 24, 36, 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar(–Sep).
|habitat=Saline flats, coastal flats and bluffs (Mediterranean floristic province, Sonoran Desert, and restricted locations in the Chihuahuan Desert).
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Coahuila;San Luis Potosí;Sinaloa;Sonora;Zacatecas).
|discussion=<p>Within the flora area, Lycium californicum occurs in southern Arizona and southwestern California. Populations of L. californicum vary in both ploidy (diploid to tetraploid) and sexual system (hermaphroditic to gender dimorphic). Gender dimorphic populations are morphologically gynodioecious (functionally dioecious), and plants are sexually dimorphic for flower size, with smaller pistillate flowers.</p>
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name=Lycium californicum
|authority=Nuttall ex A. Gray in W. H. Brewer et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lycium californicum var. arizonicum;L. californicum var. interior;L. carinatum
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar(–Sep).
|habitat=Saline flats, coastal flats and bluffs (Mediterranean floristic province, Sonoran Desert, and restricted locations in the Chihuahuan Desert).
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Coahuila;San Luis Potosí;Sinaloa;Sonora;Zacatecas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. California
|publication year=1876
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=
|genus=Lycium
|species=Lycium californicum
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