Lycium andersonii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Lycium |
| Species: | L. andersonii
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Lycium andersonii is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Its common names include water-jacket,[1] redberry desert-thorn,[2] Anderson thornbush, Anderson's desert thorn,[3] Anderson boxthorn,[4] Anderson lycium, Anderson wolfberry, and squawberry.[5]
The species is native to the
This plant is a shrub growing up to about 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) in maximum height. It grows from a large fibrous root system which can extend over 9 metres (30 ft) from the base of the plant. The shrub is rounded in shape with many branches covered in many thin spines up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long. The flat leaves are thick and fleshy, measuring up to 1.7 centimetres (0.67 in) long. They are shed from the plant in dry conditions.[5] The flowers have funnel-shaped white or purple-tinged corollas up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a red or orange berry less than a centimeter long.[6]
This plant grows in sandy, gravelly washes and on slopes and
It was named after Charles Lewis Anderson by Asa Gray.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Lycium andersonii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Lycium andersonii. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ a b Lycium andersonii. Calflora.
- ^ "Anderson boxthorn". Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation and Virginia Tech. vTree. Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ a b c Tesky, J. L. 1992. Lycium andersonii. In: Fire Effects Information System. USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory.
- ^ "Lycium andersonii". The Jepson Manual eFlora. 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ^ Gray, Asa (1868). "Characters of New Plants of California and Elsewhere . ". Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 7: 388.
External links
- Calflora Database: Lycium andersonii (Anderson Thornbush, Anderson's desert thorn, water jacket)
- Lycium andersonii — U.C. Photo gallery
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