Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Lycium pallidum is a shrub with glaucous leaves and showy greenish-white flowers. The branches are armed with spines. The fruit is oval and orange red. Lycium pallidum grows in dry canyons and hillsides at lower to middle elevations.
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Lycium pallidum, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, May 5, 2007
Lycium pallidum, in fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, June 17, 2007
Lycium pallidum, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, April 20, 2009
Lycium pallidum, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, April 20, 2009
Lycium pallidum, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., WD Ranch Road, April 20, 2009
Lycium pallidum, winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Mtn., January 17, 2009
Lycium pallidum, closeup of winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Mtn., January 17, 2009
Lycium pallidum, 3x macro of bud & leaf scar on winter twig, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Mtn., January 17, 2009
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