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.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soro_001_lvd
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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).
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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).
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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
3342
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially overgrazed pastures and feedlots, per Weakley's Flora
Native: western North America
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems, and often leaves, prickly and/or spiny
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bright yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p198
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p235
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p151
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