Lycium brevipes Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lycium brevipes Benth.

Baja desert thorn, Fruitilla

2020 Matt Berger

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2009 Ron Vanderhoff

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2020 Matt Berger

Lycium brevipes is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~206 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. brevipes ... var. hassei
Genus:	Lycium
Family:	Solanaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Alkali Sink

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Lycium richii

Information about Lycium brevipes from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LYBR) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/15/2025).