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Common Name:
Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum dulcamara FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum dulcamara 165-05-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Rare in NC
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Buffalo-bur Nightshade, Kansas-thistle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum rostratum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum rostratum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum rostratum 165-05-002 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially overgrazed pastures and feedlots
Rare
Native: western North America
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Common Name:
Carolina Horsenettle, Ball-nettle
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum carolinense var. carolinense FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum carolinense var. carolinense FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum carolinense 165-05-005 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Fields, gardens, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (naturalized well beyond this area)
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Common Name: Sticky Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum sisymbriifolium FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum sisymbriifolium FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum sisymbriifolium 165-05-006 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
American Black Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum americanum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum americanum FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum americanum 165-05-009 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Hammocks, marsh edges, shell middens, disturbed areas
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
Native to Georgia & South Carolina (introduced in NC)
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Common Name:
Eastern Black Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum emulans FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Solanum ptycanthum FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum americanum 165-05-009? FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Forests, roadsides, gardens, river banks, shores, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: European Black Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum nigrum FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solanum nigrum FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum nigrum 165-05-010 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Eurasia
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Common Name:
Hairy Nightshade, Viscid Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum sarrachoides FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solanum physalifolium FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum sarrachoides 165-05-012 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: South America
Common Name: Paired-leaf Nightshade, Twoleaf Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum diphyllum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum diphyllum FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, hammocks
Non-native: Mexico & Central America
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Common Name:
Jerusalem-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum pseudocapsicum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum pseudocapsicum FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, sandbars, bottomland hardwood forests
Rare
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
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Common Name:
Wetland Nightshade, Aquatic Soda Apple
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum tampicense FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum tampicense FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Strand swamps, cypress domes, and other forested wetlands
Non-native: Mexico, Central America, West Indies
Common Name: Turkeyberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum torvum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum torvum FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Non-native: West Indies
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Common Name:
Tropical Soda-apple
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum viarum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum viarum FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Pastures
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: South America
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