Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Buffalo-bur Nightshade at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Wild Solanums are generally called nightshades, and are usually poisonous. Learn more from the University of Kentucky herbarium website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solanum rostratum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-002:
Solanum rostratum FAMILY Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Androcera rostrata
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solanum rostratum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-002:
Solanum rostratum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Androcera rostrata