Lycium ferocissimum

African Boxthorn at Denman Prospect, ACT

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Identification history

Lycium ferocissimum	13 Apr 2018	BettyDonWood
Lycium ferocissimum	13 Apr 2018	RussellB
Unverified	29 Sep 2017	MichaelBedingfield

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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.

MichaelBedingfield 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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Location information

Coordinates 149.037382 -35.296762
Altitude 577.1m
Places Denman Prospect, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
25 Sep 2017 06:25 PM Recorded on
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MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Shrubs Plants

Additional information

True In flower
1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

Lycium ferocissimum Scientific name
African Boxthorn Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Major weed or pest
Up to 943.11m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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