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|accepted_name=Lycium shockleyi
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=22: 311. 1887
|year=1887
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|common_names=Shockley’s desert-thorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|name=Lycium rickardii
|authority=C. H. Muller
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Lycium;Lycium shockleyi
|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 shockleyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>prostrate, 0.3–0.6 m; bark pale tan to white; stems glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: blade spatulate to oblanceolate-ovate, 4–23 × 1.5–6 mm, succulent, surfaces glabrous or sparsely glandular-puberulent. <b>Inflores</b>cences solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> to 1 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 4(–5)-merous; calyx tubular to campanulate, 5–15 mm, lobe lengths 0.5–1 times tube; corolla white to greenish white or pale purple with bluish veins, tubular-funnelform, 8–14 mm, lobes 1.5–3 mm; stamens included to exserted. <b>Berries</b> green, ovoid, 5–6 mm, dry, hard, with strongly accrescent calyx. <b>Seeds</b> 2–6.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Sandy to rocky desert flats (Great Basin Desert).
|elevation=900–1700 m.
|distribution=Nev.
|discussion=<p>Lycium shockleyi, endemic to western Nevada, is sometimes confused with the more widespread L. cooperi. Lycium shockleyi can be readily differentiated by its prostrate growth form, four-merous flowers, glabrous leaves, and pale bark. The ovary has a large, red nectar disc that persists until the fruits are almost mature.</p>
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name=Lycium shockleyi
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lycium rickardii
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Sandy to rocky desert flats (Great Basin Desert).
|elevation=900–1700 m.
|distribution=Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1887
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Lycium
|species=Lycium shockleyi
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