OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Lycium barbarum, Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_lyha_001_lvd

        

image of Lycium barbarum, Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4974

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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