Solanaceae
Fremont's desert-thorn
Lycium fremontii
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycium
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- ليسيوم فريمونتى
- English
- Fremont's desert-thorn, Frémont's desert thorn
Synonyms
- Lycium fremontii subsp. fremontii
- Lycium fremontii subsp. viscidum Wiggins
- Lycium fremontii var. bigelovii A.Gray
- Lycium fremontii var. congestum C.L.Hitchc.
- Lycium fremontii var. fremontii
- Lycium fremontii var. gracilipes A.Gray
- Lycium pallidum subsp. fremonti (A.Gray) A.Terracc.
- Lycium pallidum var. bigelovii (A.Gray) A.Terracc.
- Lycium pallidum var. fremontii A.Terracc.
- Lycium umbellatum Rose
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.