Solanaceae
Water jacket
Lycium andersonii
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- ليسيوم اندرسونى
- English
- Water jacket, Anderson's wolfberry
Synonyms
- Lycium andersonii f. andersonii
- Lycium andersonii f. deserticola C.L.Hitchc.
- Lycium andersonii var. andersonii
- Lycium andersonii var. deserticola (C.L.Hitchc.) Jeps.
- Lycium andersonii var. pubescens S.Watson
- Lycium andersonii var. wrightii A.Gray
- Lycium berlandieri subvar. wrightii (A.Gray) A.Terracc.
- Lycium berlandieri var. andersonii (A.Gray) A.Terracc.
- Lycium deserticola C.L.Hitchc.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 311 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: August Frisk, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augusto Olmos Mercado, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.