Lycium minimum C.Hitchcock

Type: Ecuador: Albemarle Island: Villamit, on lava beds near the shore, 7 March 1906, Stewart 3365 (G)

Geographical Region: South America

Distribution: ECUADOR: Galapagos Islands

Habit: tall, erect

Shrub height: 1-2 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 3-13 mm
Leaf Width: 0.5-1 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: tubular
Calyx Pubescence: glabrous
Calyx Tube Length: 2 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 0.5-1.8 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white, cream
Flower Shape: funnel form
Corolla Tube Length: 2.5-3.5 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1.2-2 mm

Merosity: 4

Filament Pubescence: glabrous

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Color: orange
Fruit Length: 3 mm
Fruit Width: 2 mm

Seed Number: 2 pyrenes

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