Lycium pallidum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lycium pallidum Miers

Pale desert thorn

2005 Steve Matson

2019 Matt Berger

2023 Steve Matson

Lycium pallidum is a shrub that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~141 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Information about Lycium pallidum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (LYPA) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	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]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).