Lycium ruthenicum Murray.

Type:

Geographical Region: Eurasia

Distribution: CHINA: Provinces Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningzia, Quinghai, N Shaanxi, Xinjiang, Xizang; AFGHANISTAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYSTAN; MONGOLIA; PAKISTAN; RUSSIA; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; TIBET

Habit: erect

Shrub height: 0.2-0.5 m

Leaf characteristics:

    Leaf Succulence: succulent
    Leaf Length: 5-30 mm
    Leaf Width: 2-7 mm

Calyx characteristics:

    Calyx Shape: narrowly campanulate
    Calyx Pubescence: sparsely ciliate
    Calyx Tube Length: 4-5 mm

Corolla characteristics:

    Corolla Color: pale purple
    Flower Shape: funnel-form
    Corolla Tube Length: 12 mm
    Corolla Lobe Length: 1/3 to 1/2 as long as corolla tube

Filament Pubescence: pubescent

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

    Fruit Type: berry
    Fruit Shape: globose
    Fruit Color: purple-black
    Fruit length: 6-9 mm diameter