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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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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> | <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> | ||
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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.
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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. CH
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