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Stace 4:

Lycium chinense Mill - Chinese Teaplant.

Differs from L. barbarum in leaves ovate, widest below middle; corolla mostly >17mm across, divided to ≥1/2 way to base of tube; corolla-lobes usually densely minutely ciliate, each with 3 main veins much branching; (2n=24). Neophyte-naturalised; grown and naturalised as for L. barbarum but much less common, probably over-recorded; mostly in South Britain but precise distribution unknown; China.