African boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimumWeed profile
- Perennial
- Shrub
- Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)
- Hinders movement
- Injures animals
- Habitat: native vegetation, pastures
Impact
Forms prickly thickets in native vegetation and pasture.
Description
- Large dense shrub.
- Light green fleshy leaves.
- Flowers are white with purple blotches.
- Round red berries.
- Stems are densely branched, rigid, and spine-tipped.