Lycium brevipes

Bentham

Bot. Voy. Sulphur, 40. 1844.

Common names: Baja desert-thorn
Synonyms: Lycium brevipes var. hassei (Greene) C. L. Hitchcock L. cedrosense Greene L. hassei Greene L. richii A. Gray L. verrucosum Eastwood
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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.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Rachel A. Levin +  and Jill S. Miller +
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Baja desert-thorn +
Calif. +, Mexico (Baja California +, Baja California Sur +, Sinaloa +  and Sonora). +
0–600 m. +
Coastal dunes, flood plains (mainly in Sonoran Desert). +
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
Bot. Voy. Sulphur, +
Lycium brevipes var. hassei +, L. cedrosense +, L. hassei +, L. richii +  and L. verrucosum +
Lycium brevipes +
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