Lycium texanum Correll
Type: United States: Texas: Hudspeth Co.: Quitman Mountains, 10 miles west of Sierra Blanca, 4,600ft., 6 Sept. 1955, Warnock 13831 (holotype: LL)
Geographical Region: North America
Distribution: UNITED STATES: Texas
Habit: profusely branched, thorny
Leaf characteristics:
Leaf Pubescence: hispidulous-puberulous
Leaf Length: up to 20 mm
Leaf Width: up to 30 mm
Calyx characteristics:
Calyx Shape: cup-shaped
Calyx Tube Length: 1.5-3 mm
Corolla characteristics:
Corolla Color: lavender fading to white
Flower Shape: spreading
Corolla Tube Length: 7-8 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 1.5-2.5 mm
Merosity: 4-5
Filament Pubescence: few scattered hairs
Sexuality: hermaphroditic
Fruit characteristics:
Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: ovoid or ellipsoid
Fruit color: orange-red
Fruit length: 3-8 mm
Seed Number: numerous