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Read more about Buffalo-bur Nightshade at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-002:
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
COMMON NAME:
Buffalo-bur Nightshade, Kansas-thistle
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_solanum_rostratum_1
August Iredell County NC
Leaves elliptic or obovate, once or twice pinnately lobed, cleft or parted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_solanum_rostratum_1b
August Iredell County NC
Corolla yellow, 16-24mm broad. Anthers spreading, unequal, lowermost longest, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_solanum_rostratum_2
August Iredell County NC
Fruit (berries) partially or wholly covered by the enlarged prickly calyx, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.