Species
Black Nightshade
Solanum fructu-tecto
Cav.
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Taxonomy
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
Solanum fructu-tecto
Lifecycle & Ecology
EdibleNo
Also Known As
Solanum villosumSolanum incanumSolanum nigrum var. humileSolanum humileSolanum incertumSolanum denudatumSolanum rubrumSolanum cerinumSolanum nilagiricumSolanum zelenetzkiiSolanum minutiflorumSolanum hildebrandtiiSolanum carmanicumSolanum patensSolanum villosum subsp. puniceumSolanum villosum subsp. alatumSolanum woronowiiSolanum nigrum var. sancti-mariniSolanum kitaibeliiSolanum flavumSolanum incanum var. integrascensSolanum incanum var. brevitomentosumSolanum incanum subsp. schoanumSolanum incanum subsp. horridescensSolanum incanum var. pluribaccatumSolanum unguiculatumNycterium fontanesianumSolanum tectumSolanum sinuatumSolanum sprengeliiSolanum damarenseSolanum subrectemunitumSolanum rigescensSolanum galpiniiSolanum rigescentoidesSolanum multiglandulosumSolanum giftbergenseSolanum luteum subsp. alatumSolanum undulatumSolanum canescensSolanum floccosistellatumSolanum hierochuntinum var. lanuginosumSolanum hierochuntinumSolanum incanum var. kavirondoenseSolanum incanum var. unguiculatumSolanum puniceumSolanum sinaicumSolanum villosum subsp. miniatumSolanum purpureilineatumSolanum suffruticosumSolanum erythraeumSolanum miniatumSolanum arenariumSolanum ochroleucumSolanum plebeiumWitheringia rubraSolanum pseudovillosumSolanum nigrum subsp. puniceumSolanum viridescensSolanum luteumSolanum nigrum var. villosumSolanum transcaucasicumSolanum luteovirescensSolanum nigrum aegyptiacumSolanum aegyptiacumSolanum olgaeSolanum nigrum subsp. luteovirescensSolanum nigrum subsp. luteum
Data Sources
Species data compiled from the USDA PLANTS Database and other open botanical data sources. Images used under Creative Commons or equivalent licenses. Distribution data from USDA state-level records.
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