Lycium parishii A. Gray
Type: United States: California: San Bernardino Co.: San Bernardino Valley, 1 pr. 1881, S. B. & W. F. Parish 795 (holotype: GH; isotypes: F, MO, PH)
Geographical Region: North America
Distribution: MEXICO: Baja California, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora; UNITED STATES: Arizona, California
Habit: profusely branched, thorny
Shrub height: 1-3.5 m
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Pubescence: densely pubescent
Leaf Length: 3-12 mm
Leaf Width: 1-5 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: campanulate
Calyx Pubescence: densely pubescent
Calyx Tube Length: 2-3 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: half as long as or longer than
the tube
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: pale lavender with darker lavender marks
Flower Shape: ovate
Corolla Tube Length: 6-10 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2-3.5 mm
Merosity: 5
Filament Pubescence: densely pilose on lower fourth of free portion
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: ovoid
Fruit Color: red
Fruit length: 4-7 mm
Fruit width: 3-5 mm
Seed Number: 7-15
Varieties: parishii, modestum