Difference between revisions of "Lycium brevipes"
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 24 November 2024
Shrubs usually erect, sometimes prostrate, 1–3 m; bark tan to brown; stems glandular-puberulent. Leaves: blade spatulate to obovate, 3–30 × 3–19 mm, fleshy, surfaces glabrous or puberulent. Inflorescences 2–3-flowered fascicles or solitary flowers. Pedicels 1–10 mm. Flowers 5-merous; calyx campanulate, 2–6 mm, lobe lengths to 0.5–1 times tube; corolla lavender to white, sometimes with deep purple markings, campanulate to tubular, 4–10 mm, lobes 3–5 mm; stamens exserted. Berries red, ovoid, 10 mm, fleshy. Seeds 50+. 2n = 24.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Coastal dunes, flood plains (mainly in Sonoran Desert).
Elevation: 0–600 m.
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora).
Discussion
Corolla color varies across the range of Lycium brevipes and plants may be spreading or erect. Within the flora area, L. brevipes is restricted to southern California, mainly along the northern coastline of the Salton Sea. It is rare in, or extirpated from, the California Channel Islands (historically it was collected on the southern islands).
Selected References
None.