Kingdom Plantae Family Solanaceae Rank Species | Order Solanales Genus Solanum | |
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Similar Solanum scabrum, Solanum sarrachoides, Solanum physalifolium, Solanum triflorum, Juncus rigidus |
Solanum villosum, the hairy nightshade, red nightshade or woolly nightshade, is a sprawling annual weed in Europe, western Asia, northern Africa, North America, and is also naturalized in Australia.
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Description
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An annual herb, to 70 cm, slightly to densely hairy. The leaf blade is ovate, up to 8 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, entire or shallowly lobed, and petioles to 4.5 cm long. Clusters of 3–8–flowers in the inflorescence. The corolla is white. Followed by dull orange-red globular berries, 5–9 mm diam. The seeds are 1.7–2.3 mm long and pale yellow.
![Solanum villosum Solanum villosum L Mill hairy nightshade](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solanum-villosum-0851644e-2f95-4b45-a5f7-655e7383a85-resize-750.jpeg)
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![Solanum villosum Solanum villosum subp miniatum Plant Biodiversity of South](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solanum-villosum-d3dd209e-a7ee-41b7-a898-60fc271a880-resize-750.jpg)
![Solanum villosum Solanum villosum Red Nightshade Discover Life](https://alchetron.com/cdn/solanum-villosum-73497644-bc3d-4aca-9d64-d2f625d4e0c-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Solanum villosum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA