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|common_name=Wallace's nightshade, Catalina n.s., Northern island n.s., Wild Tomato
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'''''Solanum wallacei''''', also known as '''Wallace's nightshade''', '''Catalina nightshade''', '''Northern island nightshade''', or '''Wild Tomato''', is a [[perennial plant]] that produces purple [[flower]]s, but otherwise resembles a [[tomato]] plant. The foliage and purple-black [[Berry|berries]] are [[poison]]ous.
This rare plant is native to canyons and hillsides on [[Santa Catalina]] and [[Guadalupe Island]]s. It blooms in April and May.
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Solanum wallacei, Parish. A shrubby plant often forming round masses and reaching a height of about 3 ft., the sts. densely villous with long many-celled tawny viscid hairs: lvs. rather thick, usually less densely hairy than the sts., the lower rather large, cordate, the upper ovate, rounded or sub-cordate at the base: fls. in rather large forked cymes, corolla 1 – 1 1/2 in. diam., pale violet: ripe fr. dark purple. Islands off the coast of Calif.,  
Solanum wallacei, Parish. A shrubby plant often forming round masses and reaching a height of about 3 ft., the sts. densely villous with long many-celled tawny viscid hairs: lvs. rather thick, usually less densely hairy than the sts., the lower rather large, cordate, the upper ovate, rounded or sub-cordate at the base: fls. in rather large forked cymes, corolla 1 – 1 1/2 in. diam., pale violet: ripe fr. dark purple. Islands off the coast of Calif., Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray.
Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray.
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{{Taxobox
==Cultivation==
| color = lightgreen
 
| name = ''Solanum wallacei''
 
| image = Wallace's_Nightshade.jpg
===Propagation===
| image_width = 260px
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
===Pests and diseases===
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. wallacei'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum wallacei''
| binomial_authority = (Gray) Parish
}}


'''''Solanum wallacei''''', also known as '''Wallace's nightshade''', '''Catalina nightshade''', '''Northern island nightshade''', or '''Wild Tomato''', is a [[perennial plant]] that produces purple [[flower]]s, but otherwise resembles a [[tomato]] plant. The foliage and purple-black [[Berry|berries]] are [[poison]]ous.
==Varieties==


This rare plant is native to canyons and hillsides on [[Santa Catalina]] and [[Guadalupe Island]]s. It blooms in April and May.


Wallace's nightshade is named for [[William Allen Wallace]] ([[1815]]-[[1893]]) who collected samples from the [[Los Angeles]] area around [[1854]]. Also named for him, ''[[Eriophyllum wallacei]]'', the [[woolly daisy]], among others.
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Wallace's Nightshade.jpg| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
* [http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1057.htm ''Solanum wallacei'']
<references/>
* [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ecology/plants/species_detail.cfm?plants_id=441 Catalina Island Conservancy]
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
* [http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageW.html Sources of botanical names - W]
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
 
==External links==
*{{wplink}}


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Latest revision as of 17:01, 2 June 2010

 Solanum wallacei subsp. var.  Wallace's nightshade, Catalina n.s., Northern island n.s., Wild Tomato
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Solanum wallacei, also known as Wallace's nightshade, Catalina nightshade, Northern island nightshade, or Wild Tomato, is a perennial plant that produces purple flowers, but otherwise resembles a tomato plant. The foliage and purple-black berries are poisonous.

This rare plant is native to canyons and hillsides on Santa Catalina and Guadalupe Islands. It blooms in April and May.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Solanum wallacei, Parish. A shrubby plant often forming round masses and reaching a height of about 3 ft., the sts. densely villous with long many-celled tawny viscid hairs: lvs. rather thick, usually less densely hairy than the sts., the lower rather large, cordate, the upper ovate, rounded or sub-cordate at the base: fls. in rather large forked cymes, corolla 1 – 1 1/2 in. diam., pale violet: ripe fr. dark purple. Islands off the coast of Calif., Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

References


External links


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