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§1 Plant
Lycium barbarum L.
vernacular matrimony vine — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Lycium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 485 counties across 42 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 485 counties across 42 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
California view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 40 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellsworth 20053
- Harper 20077
- Jackson 20085
- Kearny 20093
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Phillips 20147
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Sheridan 20179
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Atchison 29005
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Greene 29077
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Newton 29145
- Ripley 29181
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Vernon 29217
Montana view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Cascade 30013
- Dawson 30021
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Hill 30041
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Roosevelt 30085
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Hamilton 39061
- Harrison 39067
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Montgomery 39113
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Preble 39135
- Summit 39153
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 49 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 14 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 11 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LYBA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2928835 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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