Baja desert-thorn Solanaceae Lycium brevipes
Leaf:Alternate, simple, drought deciduous, 1/4 to 5/8 inch long, broadly obovate to spatulate, entire margins, blue to gray-green, somewhat thickened and fleshy.
Flower:Species is monoecious; narrow tubular, 4 (sometimes 5) lobed, 1/2 inch long, on a short stalk, white to pale lavender, appearing spring.
Fruit:Fleshy, orange-red, oval berries (resemble small tomatoes), 3/8 inch long, hang downward, ripen in early summer, edible.
Twig:Stiff, light ashy gray, and spine-tipped, leaves appear on short spurs.
Bark:Irregular, interlacing, shallow furrows with shreddy flat ridges.
Form:Densely branched, spiny shrub up to 9 feet tall.
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