Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens
| Parish's nightshade | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
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| Variety: | S. u. var. glabrescens |
| Trinomial name | |
| Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens Torr. | |
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Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens, commonly known as Parish's nightshade, is a variety of nightshade.[1] It is native to western North America from southern Oregon to north-western Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including maritime and inland chaparral, woodlands, and forests.
Description
It is a perennial herb or subshrub producing a branching, ribbed or ridged stem up to about a meter in maximum height. The lance-shaped to nearly oval leaves are up to 7 centimeters long and smooth-edged or somewhat wavy. The inflorescence is an umbel-shaped array of several flowers, each borne on a short pedicel. The flower corolla is around 2 centimeters wide when fully open and is usually purple, but sometimes white. At the center are yellow anthers. The fruit is a berry roughly a centimeter wide.
References
- ^ NRCS. "Solanum parishii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 17 November 2015.