Desert Wolfberry
Lycium macrodon
Watercolor illustration from Growler Mts., Pima Co., Arizona, USA. 28 March 1993. Enlarged view of fruit at bottom-center.
The flowers are a pleasing cream color tinted with green. Photographed at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA on 21 March 2010.
SHRUB: Woody shrub with stiff branches growing up to
2 m. tall.
LEAVES: Elyptic and pointed at tips. Borne in clusters from knobby
growths on the twigs.
RANGE: Uncommon in the low deserts of southwestern Arizona mostly below
1000 m elevation.
FRUIT: Berries are obovate (larger towards tip) and sometimes flared.
FLOWERS: The whitish-green tubular flowers appear in spring mostly.
ARMED: Thorny, however thorns are not so sharp nor numerous.