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Annual to shrub
Leaves generally simple, generally alternate, generally petioled; stipules 0; blade entire to deeply lobed
Inflorescence various
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla ± radial, cylindric to rotate, lobes generally 5; stamens 5, alternate corolla lobes; ovary superior, generally 2-chambered, style 1
Fruit: berry or capsule, 25-chambered
Genera in family: 75 genera, 3000 species: worldwide, especially ± tropical; many alien weeds in CA; many cultivated for food, drugs, or ornamental (potato, tomato, peppers, tobacco, petunia);many TOXIC .
Shrub 14 m, generally with leafy thorns, glabrous, hairy, or glandular
Leaves alternate or clustered, entire, small, fleshy
Inflorescence: clusters; flowers 1several
Flower: calyx cylindric to bell-shaped, lobes 25; corolla funnel-shaped or rotate, whitish, greenish, or purplish, lobes 45; stamens attached at different levels in corolla
Fruit: berry, 2-chambered, dry to fleshy
Seeds 2many
Species in genus: ± 100 species: warm, dry areas worldwide
Etymology: (Latin: Lycia, ancient country of Asia Minor)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1932 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 19:179374]
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Plant hairy; branches spreading; thorns thick
Leaf 510 mm, narrowly obovate
Flower: calyx 4 mm, bell-shaped, lobes ± 34, 23.5 mm, ± = tube, lanceolate; corolla 810 mm, lavender, tube cylindric, lobes narrowly obovate; stamens barely exserted, attached at top of corolla tube
Fruit reddish
Seeds many
Extinction status: PRESUMED EXTINCT
Ecology: Habitat unknown
Elevation:
Bioregional distribution: s Channel Islands (San Nicolas Island). Known only from type specimen; perhaps a form of L. brevipes.