View source for Lycium ferocissimum

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|accepted_name=Lycium ferocissimum
|accepted_authority=Miers
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.
|place=2, 14: 187. 1854
|year=1854
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|common_names=African boxthorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Lycium;Lycium ferocissimum
|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 ferocissimum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>erect, 2–3 m; bark pale gray to pinkish brown; stems glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: blade bright green, obovate, 12–35 × 4–10 mm, fleshy, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–15 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous; calyx tubular, 5–7 mm, lobe lengths ± 0.25 times tube; corolla white with purple veins, funnelform, 6–8 mm, lobes 3–4 mm; stamens exserted. <b>Berries</b> red, ovoid, 8–10 mm, fleshy. <b>Seeds</b> 50+. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round following rain.
|habitat=Coastal salt marshes, dunes, hedgerows, waste places.
|distribution=Calif.;Africa (South Africa);introduced also in Europe (Cyprus;Spain);n Africa (Morocco;Tunisia);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Within the flora area, Lycium ferocissimum is known only from Los Angeles County. It has the potential to become an invasive weed and its import and cultivation are restricted.</p>
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name=Lycium ferocissimum
|authority=Miers
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round following rain.
|habitat=Coastal salt marshes, dunes, hedgerows, waste places.
|distribution=Calif.;Africa (South Africa);introduced also in Europe (Cyprus;Spain);n Africa (Morocco;Tunisia);Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.
|publication year=1854
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Lycium
|species=Lycium ferocissimum
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