Lycium infaustum Miers

Type: Argentina: south of Province of Buenos Aires, near Rio Colorado and Bahia Blanca, Tweedie (BM)


Geographical Region: South America

Distribution: ARGENTINA: Provinces Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman

Habit: erect

Shrub height: 0.6-1.8 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 2-15 mm
Leaf Width: 0.5-1.5 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: cup-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: few hairs
Calyx Tube Length: 2-4 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 0.5-2 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: lilac, white
Flower Shape: spreading
Corolla Tube Length: 5-10 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2-4 mm

Merosity: 5, rarely 6

Filament Pubescence: pubescent on the lower 1-2mm of base

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Color:
red, dark purple
Fruit Length
: 4-5 mm
Fruit Width: 3-4 mm

Seed Number: 3-15 per locule

Fruit Constriction: no

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