OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Solanum americanum   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum americanum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A revision of the Morelloid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean (Knapp et al., 2019)

Solanum americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Solanum americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Solanum americanum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-009:

Solanum americanum   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solanum nigrum

 

COMMON NAME:
 American Black Nightshade

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Solanum americanum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum americanum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A revision of the Morelloid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean (Knapp et al., 2019)
 Solanum americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
 Solanum americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
 Solanum americanum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-009:
 Solanum americanum   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Solanum nigrum

 

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1407

Forb
Annual

Habitat: hammocks, marsh edges, shell middens, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & South Carolina (introduced in NC)

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

 

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