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 chinense   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium chinense   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lycium chinense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lycium chinense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lycium chinense

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Lycium barbarum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-003x:

Lycium chinense   FAMILY Solanaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Chinese Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry, Chinese Boxthorn


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lycium chinense   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium chinense   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lycium chinense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lycium chinense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lycium chinense

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Lycium barbarum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-01-003x:
Lycium chinense   FAMILY Solanaceae

 

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4975

Vine-like shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Old home sites, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs usually lacking spines

LEAVES:
Tardily 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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

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