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Created 12/2/2012

Family Solanaceae

SOUTHEAST USA - INDIGENOUS

Lycium carolinianum

Stock Island, Key West, FL

CHRISTMAS BERRY or CAROLINA DESERT THORN

Sprawling shrub with woody drooping branches of coastal dunes, saline ponds and woodlands.  Berries are mildly toxic.  A popular hedge plant.  Native to the Southeast USA and Northern Antilles.