Lycium andersonii
A. Gray
Anderson thornbush, Anderson's desert thorn, Water jacket
Lycium andersonii is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Coastal Sage Scrub, Sagebrush Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Chaparral, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Introduction to Anderson Thornbush: Designed to survive in the desert, this thornbush fills with flowers and fruits after heavy rainfalls... A photo essay from PlantID.net. (link added by Bruce Homer-Smith)
[Wikipedia] Common Associates, Namesake: Common associates include creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), yellow palo verde (Parkinsonia microphylla), white bursage, (Ambrosia dumosa), smoke tree (Psorothamnus spinosus), Nevada ephedra (Ephedra nevadensis), hop sage (Grayia spinosa), pale wolfberry (Lycium pallidum), blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima), singlewhorl burrobrush (Hymenoclea monogyra), and Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia).[5] It was named after Charles Lewis Anderson by Asa Gray.[7] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
