Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lycium barbarum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Common Matrimony-vine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium barbarum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycium barbarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycium barbarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycium barbarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-002:
Lycium halimifolium FAMILY Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycium halimifolium
COMMON NAME:
Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyha_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_lyha_002_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lycium barbarum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium barbarum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycium barbarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lycium barbarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycium barbarum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-002:
Lycium halimifolium
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycium halimifolium
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Vine-like shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Old fields, fencerows, alluvial thickets and clearings, old home sites, along railroad tracks, and in other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southern Europe
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs sometimes spine-tipped
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
4-5 merous
4-5 lobed calyx
4-5 lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red or orange
Berry
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