*Lycium barbarum Linnaeus. Common name: Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry, Ningxia Goji. Phenology: May-Nov; Aug-Dec. Habitat: Old fields, fencerows, alluvial thickets and clearings, old home sites, along railroad tracks, and in other disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of s. Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va; = Lycium halimifolium Mill. — F, G, GrPl, RAB, S, Tat, Tx, W, WV, Hitchcock (1932); < Lycium barbarum L. — C; Lycium barbarum L. Basionym: Lycium barbarum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lycium barbarum - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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