Solanum Species of Eastern Australia
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Habit and juveniles. Erect. Annual, or non-rhizomatous perennial shrub. 0.4–1.2 m high. Juvenile stage unknown.
Branchlets. Adult stems prickles absent. Adult branchlets ridged. Adult branchlets prickles absent. Adult branchlets hairs Type 2, or simple, or absent. Adult branchlets stellae absent. Adult branchlets simple hairs absent, or antrorse, curved; not gland-tipped; 0.1–0.25 mm long. Adult branchlets Type 2 hairs absent.
Leaves. Adult leaves elliptical, or ovate; entire, or shallowly lobed throughout; lobes 0 on each side, or 3–6 on each side; lobes obtuse; lamina 3–10 cm long; lamina 1.5–5.5 cm wide; base cuneate or attenuate. Adult leaves petioles 1–4 cm long; prickles absent.
Upper leaf surface. Upper leaf surface green; prickles absent; stellate hairs absent; protostellae absent; stellate hair density absent from surface. Upper leaf surface simple hairs absent, or antrorse, curved; very sparse or confined to major veins; not gland-tipped. Upper leaf surface Type 2 hairs absent, or present throughout.
Lower leaf surface. Lower leaf surface green; prickles absent. Lower leaf surface stellate hair density absent. Lower leaf surface simple hairs absent, or antrorse, curved; very sparse or confined to major veins; not gland-tipped. Lower leaf surface Type 2 hairs absent, or present only on veins.
Inflorescence. Inflorescence supra-axillary; umbellate; common peduncle 8–15 mm long; rachis prickles absent; 5–9-flowered; with all flowers bisexual. Flowers 5-merous. Pedicels at anthesis 4–8 mm long; prickles absent. Calyx tube at anthesis 1–2 mm long. Calyx lobes at anthesis hemispherical, or deltate; 0.5–1 mm long. Calyx prickles at anthesis absent. Calyx stellae absent. Calyx simple hairs present. Calyx Type 2 hairs absent. Corolla white; 2–5 mm long; deeply lobed. Anthers 1–1.6 mm long. Functional style 2–3.6 mm long; erect, or sigmoid; with simple hairs.
Fruits. Fruiting calyx lobes less than half length of mature fruit, or lobes more than half length of mature fruit; prickles absent; lobes strongly recurved. Mature fruits globular; 4–8 mm diameter; black; shiny. Pedicels at fruiting stage 18–25 mm long. Seeds 1.2–1.8 mm long. Stone-cell granules absent, or present.
Distribution and habitat. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria. Moreton, Darling Downs, Wide Bay, Burnett, Cook, Leichhardt, Port Curtis, Mitchell, South Kennedy, North Kennedy, Burke. North Coast (NC), Central Coast (CC), South Coast (SC), Central Tablelands (CT), North-western slopes (NWS), Central western slopes (CWS), South western Plains (SWP).
Miscellaneous. Naturalised, or native. Common name: Glossy Nightshade. Data source: Fl of NZ, Fl of SEQ, Henderson 1974.
Illustrations. • fruits. • plant.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Bean, A.R. 2005 onwards. Solanum species of Eastern Australia. Version: 8th October 2006. http://delta-intkey.com’.
