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Lycium chinense Mill.

Chinese teaplant (Solanaceae)

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Lycium chinense resembles the more frequent Lycium barbarum, but its leaves are widest beyond the middle, and the dark veins on the petals are much branched; both are native to China, but Lycium chinense is distributed more to the south-east.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2020-04-13

 Chinese teaplant / Lycium chinense: _Lycium chinense_ resembles the more frequent _Lycium barbarum_, but its leaves are widest beyond the middle, and the dark veins on the petals are much branched; both are native to China, but _Lycium chinense_ is distributed more to the south-east.

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