Lycium californicum Nutt.
Type: United States: California: San Diego, Nuttall s. n. (holotype: GH)
Geographical Region: North America
Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Sonora, San Luis Potosí; UNITED STATES: Arizona, California
Habit: intricately branched, decumbent or spreading
Shrub height: 0.1-2 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Succulence : succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 2-25 mm
Leaf Width: 1-3 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: campanulate
Calyx Pubescence: puberulent
Calyx Tube Length: 2-2.5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: one third the length of the tube
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: white to pale purple
Corolla Tube Length: 2-4.5mm
Corolla Lobe Length: about as long as tube or slightly shorter
Merosity: 4
Filament Pubescence: sparsely ciliolate, free base densely hairy
Sexuality: Dimorphic or cosexual populations
Fruit characteristics :
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: ovoid
Fruit Color: orange-red or red
Fruit length: 2-4 mm
Seed Number: each carpel 1-seeded
Varieties: carinatum, arizonicum, interior, californicum