Pronunciation: LIE-see-um ka-li-FOR-ni-kum
Common name: California boxthorn
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade)
Habitat: Washes and hillsides, coastal bluffs, below
1500', coastal sage scrub, Los Angeles Co. south
Blooming period: March to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lycium
2) californicum