Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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San Nicholas Desert Thorn (Lycium verrucosum) is a rare native shrub that grows in Southern and Central California, primarily in the Channel Islands region.

Plant type

Shrub

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Color

Lavender

Flowering season

Spring

Sun

Full Sun

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub

Hummingbirds
Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

0 confirmed and 32 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Sleepy Orange

Abaeis nicippe

Ridings' Forester Moth

Alypia ridingsii

Anthidium palmarum

Desert Orangetip

Anthocharis cethura