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|accepted_name=Solanum emulans
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Autik. Bot.,
|place=107. 1840
|year=1840
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|common_names=Eastern nightshade;morelle noire de l’Est
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solanum nigrum var. virginicum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum emulans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Solanum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Solanum emulans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>or shrubs, annual or perennial, erect, unarmed, to 1 m, glabrous to sparsely or rarely densely pubescent, hairs unbranched, to 1 mm, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1–5 cm; blade simple, ovate to elliptic, 4.5–10.5 × 2–6 cm, margins entire to sinuate-dentate, base attenuate to rounded. <b>Inflo</b>rescences extra-axillary, unbranched, umbel-like, (2–)3–6-flowered, 1–2.5 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> straight and spreading in flower and recurved to reflexed in fruit, 0.5–1 cm. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 2–3 mm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, lobes appressed in fruit, deltate; corolla white, sometimes with yellow central star, rarely purplish, stellate, 0.5–1 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers ellipsoidal, 1–1.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. <b>Berries</b> dull or slightly shiny purplish black, globose, 0.5–1 cm diam., glabrous, with 6–9 sclerotic granules per fruit. <b>Seeds</b> yellowish, flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, finely reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Moist, open woodlands, stream banks, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–700(–1700) m.
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Solanum emulans has often been called S. ptychanthum Dunal (with the variant spelling ptycanthum), but that name is a synonym of S. americanum.</p><!--
--><p>Solanum emulans is the most common species in the black nightshade group in northeastern North America. It can be distinguished from other North American species in the black nightshade group by its unbranched inflorescences, short anthers, appressed fruiting calyx lobes, and numerous sclerotic granules in the fruits.</p>
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name=Solanum emulans
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Solanum nigrum var. virginicum
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Moist, open woodlands, stream banks, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–700(–1700) m.
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Autik. Bot.,
|publication year=1840
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum emulans
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