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Solanum nemophilum F.Muell.
Family Solanaceae
Solanum nemophilum F.Muell. APNI*

Synonyms: Solanum nemophilum var. typicum APNI*
Solanum nemophilum var. brachycarpum APNI*

Description: Shrub to 1.5 m high, densely stellate-hairy; prickles usually absent, occasionally present on branches.

Leaves elliptic to lanceolate or rarely ovate, 3–6 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, margins entire; slightly discolorous, both surfaces stellate-pubescent; petiole 0.5–1 cm long.

Inflorescences 1–4-flowered; peduncle to 5 mm long; pedicels ca 5 mm long. Calyx 5–8 mm long; lobes 2–5 mm long. Corolla stellate, shallowly incised, 15–25 mm diam., purple-blue.

Berry 5–8 mm diam., bright red, ± covered by calyx lobes.


Flowering: chiefly spring–summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on stony soils in the Gibraltar Range and Maryland National Parks and in Queensland.
NSW subdivisions: NT
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by B. J. Conn ; distribultion updated March 2015 - Louisa Murray
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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