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Solanum ammophilum A.R.Bean
Family Solanaceae
Solanum ammophilum A.R.Bean APNI*

Description: Erect shrub 0.2–0.4 m high, grey- or silvery-green; densely stellate-hairy; prickles usually on branches, rare elsewhere.

Leaves linear to oblong, 2–7 cm long, 0.3–0.7 cm wide (6–10 times loinger than broad, often folded, margins entire and often slightly undulate; both surfaces greyish or silvery, stellate-pubescent; petiole 0.3–0.8 cm long.

Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered; peduncle absent; pedicels 5–17 mm long, slightly longer in fruit. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx 5–10 mm long; lobes 2.5–6 mm long. Corolla stellate, 20–30 mm diam., purple.

Berry c. 13 mm diam., yellowish-green.


Habitat
Photo A.E. Orme

Habit
Photo A.E. Orme

Flower
Photo A.E. Orme

Fruit
Photo A.E. Orme

Herbarium
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Type
Specimen

Flowering: September to May

Distribution and occurrence: Bourke district, Queensland and N.T..

Grows in low open woodland on yellow to red sandy soils.
NSW subdivisions: NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Similar to S. coactiliferum; differing in having longer leaves and somewhat different hairs.

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: A.R. Bean, Austrobaileya 6(4): 789 (2004)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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