Lycium chinense Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lycium chinense Mill.

Chinese desert thorn, Matrimony vine

2020 Jean Pawek

Lycium chinense is a shrub that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (11 records) Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


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

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Lycium chinense var. chinense
PLANTS	Lycium chinense var. ovatum

Information about Lycium chinense from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (LYCH) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability 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: 06/05/2023).