Lycium vimineum Miers

Type: Argentina: Province of Santa Fe: near the town of Santa Fe, Tweedie (BM)

Geographical Region: South America

Distribution: ARGENTINA: Provinces Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Santa Fe; URUGUAY

Habit: erect

Shrub height: 1-4 m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Pubescence: glabrous or minutely puberulent
Leaf Length: 3-50 mm
Leaf Width: 1-7 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Shape: cup-shaped
Calyx Pubescence: glabrous
Calyx Tube Length: 1.8-2.5 mm
Calyx Lobe Length: 0.4-1.5 mm

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: white
Flower Shape: funnel form
Corolla Tube Length: 5-7 mm
Corolla Lobe Length: 2-3 mm

Merosity: 4, rarely 5

Filament Pubescence: pilose at base

Sexuality: hermaphroditic

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Color: red
Fruit length: 4-5 mm
Fruit width: 4-5 mm

Seed Number: 7-12 per locule

Fruit Constriction: no