4160

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial

Non-native: Mexico & Central America

Documented growing wild in - - -

Look for it in suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Southeast

 

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Mostly unequally paired (opposite?)
Leaves have petioles.
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White with yellow center
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed synsepalous calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Dull orange
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• New Invaders of the Southeast p073

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Solanum diphyllum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum diphyllum   FAMILY Solanaceae

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