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Lycium humile is a low, spiny shrub in the nightshade family, native to the high Andes of northern Chile and northwestern Argentina. It tolerates cold, dry, salty conditions, so it is grown mainly by specialist collectors rather than as a garden staple.
Lycium humile is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to northern Chile and northwestern Argentina. A low-lying shrub, it is typically found in the subalpine or subarctic biome. Unusually for the Solanaceae, it is an extremophile halophyte.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lycium humile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
