Bailey & Bailey: Woody Plants of National Parks 



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Gray) . — Spreading shrub 3 to 8 feet high 

 with large stout thorns or nearly thorn- 

 less; stems and leaves smooth; leaves ob- 

 long to spatula-shaped, 1/2 to I1/2 inches 

 long, tending to be clustered at the stem 

 joints; flowers narrowly funnel-shaped, about 

 14 inch long, lavender-purple, mostly several 

 in a leaf-cluster; berries globose, red, about ^4 

 inch in diameter. 



Occurrence. — GRAND CANYON : found in Grand 

 Canyon National Monument just west of park. 



3. Anderson Wolfberry {Lycium An- 

 dersoni Gray), fig. 126. — Intricately branched 

 spiny shrub 1 to 4 feet high, with whitish bark; 

 leaves spatula-shaped, mostly ^ to I/2 inch 

 long, at first thick and fleshy, borne along the 



Fig. 126. Anderson wolfberry 

 {Lycium Andersoni). 



Fig. 125. Pale wolfberry 

 {Lycium pallidum). 



Stems in bunches of several; 

 flowers slender- f unnelf orm, 

 about 14 to % inch long, the 

 corolla tube yellowish, the 

 lobes lavender; berries elliptic, 

 small, less than Y^ inch long, 

 yellow to red. 



During the flowering pe- 

 riod and before, the leaves are 

 very turgid and almost cylin- 

 dric, but later, after the ripen- 

 ing of the fruits or during pe- 

 riods of drought, they become 

 flattened and limp. They act 

 as reservoirs of water, as is 



