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| name = ''Solanum wallacei''
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| common_names = Wallace's nightshade, Catalina nightshade, Northern island nightshade, Wild Tomato
|genus=Solanum
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|common_name=Wallace's nightshade, Catalina n.s., Northern island n.s., Wild Tomato
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| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
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| exposure = ?  <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Min ht metric=ft
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| genus = Solanum
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| species = wallacei
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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., Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray.
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.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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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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