NameThatPlant.net: Solanum viarum

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

See more pictures at www.invasive.org.

Read more about Tropical Soda-apple at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum viarum FAMILY Solanaceae

COMMON NAME:
Tropical Soda-apple

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum viarum FAMILY Solanaceae

1411

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, and often leaves, prickly and/or spiny

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Mottled green turning to yellow
Berry

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