Pale Desert-Thorn (Lycium pallidum)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves, shoots Lycium pallidum is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by the common names pale wolfberry and pale desert-thorn.It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.In Mexico it can be found in Sonora,Chihuahua,Zacatecas,and San Luis Potosi.In the United States it occurs from California to Texas and as far north as Utah and Colorado. This shrub grows 1?3 metres (3 ft 3 in?9 ft 10 in) tall.It is a dense tangle of spiny spreading or erect branches.It can form bushy thickets.The leaves are pale,giving the plant its name.The flowers are solitary or borne in pairs.They are funnel-shaped and "creamy-yellow to yellowish-green" or "greenish cream,sometimes tinged with purple".They are fragrant and pollinated by insects.The fruit is a juicy,oval-shaped,shiny red berry containing up to 50 seeds.The plant reproduces by seed and it can also spread via cuttings,and by suckering and layering.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Solanales
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Family: Solanaceae
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Genus: Lycium
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