Plants & People: The Intersection of Botany and Human Experience

Vegetative Morphology of Lycium Barbarum

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  1. Lycium barbarum and Lycium chinense are both deciduous woody shrubs - at maturity, they are between 1 and 3 meters tall Catherine Nordstrom
  2. Flowers grow in groups of 1 to 3 at the leaf axils. Catherine Nordstrom
  3. One to three flowers will grow in a bunch on the ends of short stems that are 1-2 cm long Catherine Nordstrom
  4. Leaves have a lanceolate shape with pointed or rounded tips Catherine Nordstrom
  5. Leaves grow in alternate arrangement or in groups of 1-3 leaves Catherine Nordstrom
  6. The calyx of the flowers has short bell-shaped leaves - these are broken when the berry grows. Catherine Nordstrom

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