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|accepted_name=Solanum deflexum
|accepted_authority=Greenman
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=32: 301. 1897
|year=1897
}}
|common_names=Sonoita nightshade
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Salpichroa wrightii
|authority=A. Gray 1886
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum deflexum
|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 deflexum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, erect, unarmed, 0.1–0.3(–0.4) m, sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs 1–2-celled, unbranched, 1–2 mm, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 0.5–2 cm; blade simple, elliptic to elliptic-ovoid, 1–4.5 × 0.5–2.5 cm, margins entire, base rounded to obtuse and often decurrent. <b>Inflorescences</b> nearly sessile, extra-axillary or subopposite leaves, unbranched, racemelike, 1–5-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–1.2 cm in flower, 1–2 mm and spreading or nodding in fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 3–9 mm, moderately to densely pubescent, lobes linear-lanceolate; corolla white, rotate, 0.5–1 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers oblong, slightly tapered, 1.5–3 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. <b>Berries</b> white to greenish and semitransparent, globose, 5–12 mm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> light brown, somewhat flattened, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, notched where connected to placenta, ridged.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Sandy soils in grazed areas, roadsides, disturbed areas in dry forests.
|elevation=1000–1700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico;Central America (Costa Rica;El Salvador;Guatemala;Honduras;Nicaragua).
|discussion=<p>Solanum deflexum occurs sporadically in southeastern Arizona (Cochise, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties). It is unique in its fruits with explosive dehiscence. As the berries mature, they build up turgor pressure until they burst, propelling seeds up to several feet from the parent plant. Plants of S. deflexum were often identified as S. adscendens Sendtner (M. Nee 1989), a distinct species found only in South America (S. Stern et al. 2013).</p>
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name=Solanum deflexum
|authority=Greenman
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Salpichroa wrightii
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Sandy soils in grazed areas, roadsides, disturbed areas in dry forests.
|elevation=1000–1700 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico;Central America (Costa Rica;El Salvador;Guatemala;Honduras;Nicaragua).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1897
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum deflexum
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