Lycium barbarum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 194

4. L. barbarum L. , Sp. Pl. 192 (1753)

( L. halimifolium Miller , L. vulgare Dunal ).

Plant up to 2-5 m; stems arcuate; spines slender, few. Leaves 20-100 x 6-30 mm, very narrowly elliptical to narrowly lanceolate, usually widest at the middle. Calyx c. 4 mm, 2-lipped. Corolla c. 9 mm, infundibuliform, the tube narrowly cylindrical at base for 2-5-3 mm, purple, becoming brownish; lobes c. 4 mm. Stamens long-exserted; filaments with dense tuft of hairs at base. Fruit red. 2« = 24. Cultivated fo r hedges and naturalized in a large part o f Europe. [Au Be Br Bu Co Cr Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Su Tu.] (China.)