Peach Thorn

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves, shoots Lycium cooperi is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family known by the common name peach thorn. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in a variety of desert and mountain habitat types. This is a bushy, erect shrub approaching a maximum height of 4 metres (13 ft) with many rigid, thorny branches. The branches are lined thickly with fleshy oval or widely lance-shaped leaves each 1-3 centimetres (0.39-1.18 in) long and coated with glandular hairs. The inflorescence is a small cluster of tubular flowers roughly 1-2 centimetres (0.39-0.79 in) long including the calyx of fleshy sepals at the base. The flower is white or greenish with lavender or green veining. The corolla is a tube opening into a face with four or five lobes. The fruit is a yellow or orange berry under a centimeter wide containing many seeds.