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Your search found 27 taxa in the family Solanaceae, Nightshade family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lycium carolinianum FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycium carolinianum 165-01-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Shell middens, shell mounds, shelly sand dunes, brackish marshes, maritime sand spits
Rare in GA (historically in SC, but not recently seen)
Native to Georgia & South Carolina
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Common Name: Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lycium barbarum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycium barbarum FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycium halimifolium 165-01-002 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Old fields, fencerows, alluvial thickets and clearings, old home sites, along railroad tracks, and in other disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: southern Europe
Common Name: Chinese Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry, Chinese Boxthorn
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lycium chinense FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycium chinense FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycium chinense 165-01-003x FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Old home sites
Waif(s)
Non-native: China
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Common Name:
Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nicandra physalodes FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nicandra physalodes FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nicandra physalodes 165-02-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed places, such as cultivated fields and roadsides
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Peru
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Common Name:
Dune Ground-cherry, Sand Ground-cherry, Walter's Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis walteri FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis walteri FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis viscosa ssp. maritima 165-03-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Dunes of sea-beaches, openings in maritime forests, longleaf pine sandhills (southward), and rarely inland as a waif in disturbed areas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Clammy Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis heterophylla FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis heterophylla 165-03-002 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, prairies, stream valleys, dry rocky woodlands, hammocks
Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains & Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Sandhills Ground-cherry, Sword Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Physalis lanceolata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis lanceolata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis lanceolata 165-03-002x FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis virginiana FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis virginiana var. virginiana FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis virginiana var. virginiana 165-03-003a FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, glades, barrens, and disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Longleaf Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis virginiana var. subglabrata 165-03-003b FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Open woodlands, gardens and disturbed areas
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Ground-cherry, Cutleaf Ground-cherry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis angulata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis angulata FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis angulata 165-03-004 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed areas, open woodlands, agricultural fields
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Physalis pubescens FAMILY: Solanaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis pubescens var. pubescens FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis pubescens var. pubescens 165-03-005a FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Gray Ground-cherry, Strawberry-tomato, Dwarf Cape-gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis grisea FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis grisea FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis pubescens var. grisea 165-03-005b FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Wooded slopes, disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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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Common Name:
Jimsonweed, Thornapple, Stramonium
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Datura stramonium FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Datura stramonium FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Datura stramonium 165-08-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, disturbed areas, especially common in severely over-grazed pastures; presumably introduced from farther south and west (Mexico or Central America) prior to 1492
Common
Non-native? presumably introduced from Mexico or Central America
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Common Name:
Garden Petunia
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Petunia ×atkinsiana FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Petunia ×atkinsiana [axillaris × integrifolia] FAMILY: Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Petunia ×atkinsiana 165-10-001 FAMILY: Solanaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, garden edges, common in cultivation, rare as a waif or persistent
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Argentina
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