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Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Flowers Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Young fruit Granite Mtn - Tr 345
Sue Smith | Fruit Granite Mtn - Tr 308
Sue Smith | Spines Granite Mtn - Tr 308
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Origin: Native Similar Species: Lycium oligospermum, Lycium andersonii, Lycium fremontii, Lycium pallidum
General Description: Deciduous. Dense, tall narrow shrub with thorny branches, profuse greenish-white to purplish flowers in spring followed by red round fruits in summer and fall. Root system extensive; may form dense thickets.
Identification notes: Densely branched spiny shrub, branches spreading to erect. Leaves oval to oblong. Herbage and sepals smooth to sparsely hairy. Flowers bell-shaped, greenish-white to purplish and pendulous. Fruit is plump, red and fleshy.
Height: Up to 6 feet Width: 6 feet
Habitat Description: Found on sandy or rocky soil in a variety of plant communities: desert grassland, riparian areas, chaparral, pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 3300 - 7000 feet
Color: Greenish-white to purplish Shape: Bell-shaped, not in clusters
Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Apr - Jun
Description: Flowers are 3/4 inch long by 5/8 inch wide, pendulous on slender short stalks, solitary or in groups of 2 to 3 at the leaf axils. Sepals are bell-shaped with 5 lobes, stamens protrude, filaments fused to the flower tube almost halfway up.
Leaf Color: Blue-green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Smooth Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Top and bottom of leaves
Description: Leaves leathery and elliptical or oval to 3 inches long by 1/2 inch wide in alternate clusters on short stems; tips pointed or sometimes rounded, base tapering, surfaces smooth to sparsely hairy.
Color: Orange to red Type: Berry-like Description: Tomato-shaped, orange to red and 1/4 inch in diameter. Berry may sometimes also be blue-tinged due to a waxy coating.
Bark Color: Yellowish, gray, or red to dark purple Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth Bark and Branch Description: Older branches are dark reddish-brown to gray while newer wood is a pale yellow.
Spines, thorns or prickles: Y |
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