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Parish'S Desert-Thorn (Lycium parishii)

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves, shoots Lycium parishii is a 1 to 3.5 m high, multi-branched shrub , which is covered with spines . Its foliage leaves are densely hairy and are 3 to 12 mm long, as well as 1 to 5 mm wide. The flowers are hermetic and five-fold. The calyx is bell-shaped and densely hairy. The septum reaches a length of 2 to 3 mm, the calyces become half as long as longer than the calyx. The crown is egg-shaped and pale lavender colored with darker markings. The corolla is 6 to 10 mm long and is covered with 2 to 3.5 mm long crown lobes. The dust bags are densely filly hairy in the lower quarter of the freestanding area. The fruit is an egg-shaped, red berry with a length of 4 to 7 mm and a width of 3 to 5 mm. It contains seven to 15 seeds .

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Solanales

            • Family: Solanaceae

              • Genus: Lycium