Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Lycium andersonii Gray
(Anderson's Wolfberry)


Family: Solanaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Lycium andersonii is a sprawling shrub with narrow leaves. The branches are armed with slender spines. Lycium andersonii grows in dry canyons and hillsides at lower to middle elevations.
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Lycium andersonii, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, April 20, 2010



Lycium andersonii, closeup, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, April 20, 2010



Lycium andersonii, closeup of leaves, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineer Canyon, April 20, 2010


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