Lycium ferocissimum

African Boxthorn at Denman Prospect, ACT

Lycium ferocissimum at Denman Prospect, ACT - 25 Sep 2017
Lycium ferocissimum at Denman Prospect, ACT - 25 Sep 2017
Lycium ferocissimum at Denman Prospect, ACT - 25 Sep 2017
Lycium ferocissimum at Denman Prospect, ACT - 25 Sep 2017
Lycium ferocissimum at Denman Prospect, ACT - 25 Sep 2017
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Identification history

Lycium ferocissimum 13 Apr 2018 BettyDonWood
Lycium ferocissimum 13 Apr 2018 RussellB
Unidentified 29 Sep 2017 michaelb

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Shrubs up to about two metres high............ scattered sparsely on the slopes to the west of the Molonglo River north of Wright.

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   29 Sep 2017
I have marked this as a non-local native. It is a desert plant. The nearest record is well west of Wagga. It sounds as if these might be natural, a huge extension of range.
michaelb wrote:
   30 Sep 2017
Thanks Betty. They didn't appear to be planted and I thought they were a weed.
RussellB wrote:
   13 Apr 2018
This is actually Lycium ferocissimum - the previous ID, Nitraria billardieri, is a much softer shrub that lacks the thickened spinescent branchlets that can be seen in these photos. The long tube on the corolla and the calyx structure is also distinctive for Lycium. The flowers are normally darker, but such pale flowers are known to occur in populations from time-to-time.

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