Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum americanum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Read more about American Black Nightshade at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum americanum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A revision of the Morelloid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean (Knapp et al., 2019)
Solanum americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Solanum americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solanum americanum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-009:
Solanum americanum FAMILY Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solanum nigrum
COMMON NAME:
American Black Nightshade
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum americanum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum americanum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A revision of the Morelloid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean (Knapp et al., 2019)
Solanum americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Solanum americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solanum americanum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-009:
Solanum americanum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solanum nigrum
1407
Forb
Annual
Habitat: hammocks, marsh edges, shell middens, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & South Carolina (introduced in NC)
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p174
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p338
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p198
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p151
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