Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solanum sarrachoides
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Read more about Hairy Nightshade at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum physalifolium
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-012:
Solanum sarrachoides
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solanum sarachoides
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Nightshade
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Gill Newberry gn09_s_sarrachoides
September
Corolla white, 7-11mm broad, the lobes spreading, anthers connivent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn09_s_sarrachoides_plant
September
Viscid [sticky], unarmed annual, usually freely branching, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solanum sarrachoides
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum physalifolium
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-012:
Solanum sarrachoides
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solanum sarachoides
3547
Forb
Annual
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Uncommon
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed synsepalous calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Green
Berry
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