Pronunciation: LIE-see-um BRE-vi-pees
Common name: Desert thorn, Frutilla
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade)
Habitat: Washes and hillsides below 1500', creosote
bush scrub, west Colorado Desert, coastal bluffs,
San Clemente Island
Blooming period: March to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lycium
2) brevipes