Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Lycium pallidum Miers
(Pale Wolfberry)
Family: Solanaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Lycium pallidum is a shrub with glaucous leaves and showy greenish-white flowers. The fruit is oval and orange red. Lycium pallidum grows in dry canyons and hillsides at lower to middle elevations.
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Lycium pallidum, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, May 5, 2007

Lycium pallidum, in fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Canyon, June 17, 2007
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