Lycium repens Spegazzini

Type: Argentina: Santa Cruz: in lapidosis ad marginem laculorum salsorum prope, collected 1882, C. Spegazzini

Geographical Region: South America

Distribution: ARGENTINA: Chubut, Santa Cruz

Habit: dwarf, prostrate

Shrub height: up to 0.35m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Succulence: succulent
Leaf Pubescence: glabrous
Leaf Length: 2-27 mm
Leaf Width: 1-5 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: tubular
Calyx Pubescence: glabrous to densely puberulent
Calyx Tube Length: 3-5.5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 1-2 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white, pink, with red or violet in interior
Flower Shape: spreading
Corolla Tube Length: 5-8 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2-3.5 mm

Merosity: 5

Filament Pubescence: glabrous

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shap^tFruit Type:e: globose
Fruit Color: orange
Fruit length: 8 mm
Fruit width: 10 mm

Seed Number: 11-15 per locule

Fruit Constriction: no