About Lycium torreyi A.Gray
Lycium torreyi A.Gray, commonly known as Torrey wolfberry, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, ranging from California to Texas. This plant is a spreading shrub that reaches a maximum height of 3 metres (9.8 ft). Individuals can be spiny or spineless, and may grow into dense thickets. It produces lance-shaped leaves that grow up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long. Its funnel-shaped flowers, which range in color from greenish lavender to whitish, measure up to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) long, and grow in fascicles in the leaf axils. The fruit is a juicy red or orange berry up to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) wide. Torrey wolfberry grows in the Chihuahuan Desert, where it is a characteristic species of the mesquite-fourwing saltbush plant community. Other plant species commonly found in its habitat include creosotebush, tarbush, agave, and alkali sacaton.
