OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-001:

Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lycium carolinianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine


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image of Lycium carolinianum, Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_lycium_carolinianum1

December    Cameron County    TX

Leaves succulent, oblanceolate, 1-5mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Lycium carolinianum, Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_lycium_carolinianum1b

December    Cameron County    TX

Corollas blue, lavender or nearly white, 4(5)-lobed, and rotate, per Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama (Godfrey, 1988).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-001:
Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycium carolinianum

 

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2640

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: shell middens, shell mounds, shelly sand dunes, brackish marshes, maritime sand spits, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & South Carolina

Rare in GA (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs spine-tipped

LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
4-5 merous
4-5 lobed calyx
4-5 lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

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