General:
Deciduous shrub with long, weak, sparsely thorny, smooth, climbing branches, 1-6 m tall.

Leaves:
Alternate, elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3-7 cm long and 1.5-3.5 cm wide on new shoots, 1-1.5 cm long and 2-3 mm wide on old stems, short-stalked, entire.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of 1-4 axillary flowers on stalks 0.7-2 cm long; corollas lavender or purple, funnel-shaped, 9-14 mm long, with 4-7 spreading lobes, the lobes shorter than the tube; calyces tubular, 3-5 mm long, 3- to 6-lobed.

Fruits:
Berries, egg-shaped, red, 1-2 cm long; seeds 10-20.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lycium halimifolium Mill.
Lycium vulgare Dunal