*Lycium barbarum Linnaeus. Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry, Ningxia Goji. Phen: May-Nov; Aug-Dec. Hab: Old fields, fencerows, alluvial thickets and clearings, old home sites, along railroad tracks, and in other disturbed areas. Dist: Native of s. Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va; = Lycium halimifolium Mill. – F, G, GrPl, RAB, S, Tat, Tx, W, WV, Hitchcock (1932); < Lycium barbarum L. – C
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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