Lycium exsertum, the Arizona desert-thorn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico. A large shrub reaching 12 ft (3.7 m), it is typically found in deserts and scrublands on slopes and alluvial washes.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Arizona desert-thorn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lycium berlandieri
- Lycium shawii
- Lycium cooperi
- Lycium pallidum
- Lycium andersonii
- Citharexylum brachyanthum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
- Species
- Lycium exsertum
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