Lycium fremontii A.Gray

Fremont's desert-thorn (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Lycium

Characteristics

A large shrub. It can grow 2 m tall. The fruit are 1 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rather alkaline places below 450 metres in deserts and creosote bush scrub.
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It is a Mediterranean or warm temperate climate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The fruit are boiled into mush or ground into flour and mixed with water. The fruit are also eaten fresh. The fruit can be dried and eaten like raisins.
Uses animal food beverage food medicinal vertebrate poison
Edible fruits
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 fremontii unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816453-1
WFO ID wfo-0001022909
COL ID 3WKKD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lycium fremontii Lycium umbellatum Lycium fremontii var. gracilipes Lycium pallidum var. bigelovii Lycium fremontii var. bigelovii Lycium fremontii var. congestum Lycium fremontii subsp. viscidum