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Solanum chenopodioides Lam.
Family Solanaceae
Common name: Whitetip Nightshade

Solanum chenopodioides Lam. APNI*

Description: Sprawling perennial herb to 1 m high, sometimes grey-green, hairy with simple hairs; prickles absent.

Leaves ovate to lanceolate, usually 4–7 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, margins entire or shallowly lobed; slightly discolorous, both surfaces pubescent; petiole to 5 cm long.

Inflorescences 5–10-flowered; peduncle 10–20 mm long, slightly longer in fruit; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Calyx 1–3.5 mm long; lobes to 1 mm long. Corolla deeply incised, 12–20 mm diam., white.

Berry 5–9 mm diam., black; peduncle deflexed.


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Flowering: chiefly summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in gullies and creeks; widespread in coastal districts, west to Mt Tomah area. Native of Argentina.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic.
AVH map***

Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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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