Lycium andersonii A.Gray

Water jacket (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Lycium

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 12 cm tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.12
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry stony hills and mesas below 1800 metres in desert and creosote bush scrub.
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It is a warm temperate of subtropical plant. It grows in arid places.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

The berries are dried in sand and later eaten. They are boiled and crushed or ground into flour and mixed with water. The fruit juice is used as a drink. The fruit are also eaten fresh.
Uses animal food beverage environmental use food medicinal
Edible fruits leaves shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lycium andersonii unspecified picture

Distribution

Lycium andersonii world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816339-1
WFO ID wfo-0001022637
COL ID 6QPGC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lycium andersonii Lycium andersonii var. andersonii Lycium berlandieri subvar. wrightii Lycium andersonii f. deserticola Lycium andersonii var. deserticola Lycium andersonii var. pubescens Lycium andersonii var. wrightii Lycium berlandieri var. andersonii Lycium andersonii f. andersonii