Lycium brevipes var. hassei Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lycium brevipes Benth. var. hassei (Greene) C. L. Hitchc.

Santa catalina island desert thorn

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

Lycium brevipes var. hassei is a shrub that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Lycium hassei

California Rare Plant Rank: 3.1 (review list).


	Plant Range Observation Search (41 records) Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Lycium brevipes
Genus:	Lycium
Family:	Solanaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS	Lycium hassei
PLANTS	Lycium hassei

Information about Lycium brevipes var. hassei from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LYHA5) 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 CNPS Inventory: 3.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2	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]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/30/2023).