Solanaceae |
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Lycium ruthenicum MURRAY |
Lycium ruthenicum MURRAY |
Lycium ruthenicum MURRAY |
Lycium ruthenicum MURRAY |
Lycium L. |
L. ruthenicum Murray in Comm. Gött. ser. 2, 2:913 (1779). Ic: Murray, op. cit. t. 2 (1779); Miers, III. S. Amer. PI. 2: t. 70 (1857). Shrub, 50-80 cm. Branches whitish to greyish, younger parts with numerous, leafless, acicular spines 0.5-1 cm. Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 0.5-4x0.1-0.4 cm. Clusters 1-4-flowered. Peduncles 2-5 mm. Calyx 3-4.5 mm. Corolla 10-13 mm, lobes 4 mm, margins glabrous. Filaments lanuginose at base, corolla throat hairy at and below insertion of filaments. Berry black, globular, 4-6 mm. Fl. 6-7. Rocky slopes, cultivated ground by roadsides, 915-1750 m. Described from cultivated material, provenance uncertain (holo. GOET? iso. BM). E. Anatolia. B7 Erzincan: Erzincan, 1200 m, Balls 1504! Malatya: old Malatya, 915 m, T.Baytop(ISTE 13023)! B9 Van: Van castle, D. 22638! ibid., A.Baytop (ISTE 30929)! S. Russia, Caucasia, Iraq, W., C. & E. Iran, Pakistan, C. Asia, E. to Mongolia & Tibet. Ir.-Tur. element. |