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American black nightshade
Solanum americanum
Solanum americanum
American black nightshade Nightshade Family
Solanum americanum Solanaceae
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common names
  American black nightshade
  little white nightshade
accepted scientific name
  •Solanum americanum Mill.
rules for finding collection records
  Solanum americanum (5562)
  Solanum nigrum americanum (14)
  Solanum nigrum virginicum (102)
  Solanum nodiflorum (207)
  Solanum pterocaulon (10)
  Solanum ptychanthum (2211)
  Solanum ptycanthum (1565)
family name
  • Solanaceae
Image Author: ©2008 Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
Image License: public domain
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.25 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (64%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
Here Solanum ptychanthum is combined into Solanum americanum following Tropicos.org.
base map where plant found
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Native status uncertain.