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|accepted_name=Solanum donianum
|accepted_authority=Walpers
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Repert. Bot. Syst.
|place=3: 54. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|common_names=Mullein nightshade
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solanum blodgettii
|authority=Chapman
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum donianum
|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 donianum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> erect, sparsely armed when young, older growth unarmed, 0.5–2.5 m, prickles brownish, 1–3 mm, straight, moderately to densely pubescent, hairs sessile to short-stalked, stellate, 6–9-rayed, central ray absent or shorter than lateral rays. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1–3 cm; blade simple, ovate to elliptic, 4.5–13 × 2–5.5 cm, margins entire, base rounded to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal to extra-axillary, much-branched, with numerous flowers, 2–8 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> erect and 0.7–1 cm in flower and fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 2–4 mm, moderately stellate-pubescent, lobes triangular; corolla white, stellate, 1.5–2 cm diam., without interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers narrow and tapered, 3–4.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores; ovary glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent. <b>Berries</b> red, globose, 0.5–1 cm diam., glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent, without sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> yellow, flattened, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, minutely pitted. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Seasides, hammocks, pine forests, limestone soils.
|elevation=0 m.
|distribution=Fla.;s Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas);Central America (Belize;Guatemala).
|discussion=<p>Solanum donianum is occasional in southern Florida. The oldest name for this species is S. verbascifolium Linnaeus, but it has been widely misapplied to S. erianthum and is now rejected.</p>
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name=Solanum donianum
|authority=Walpers
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Solanum blodgettii
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Seasides, hammocks, pine forests, limestone soils.
|elevation=0 m.
|distribution=Fla.;s Mexico;West Indies (Bahamas);Central America (Belize;Guatemala).
|reference=None
|publication title=Repert. Bot. Syst.
|publication year=1844
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V14/V14_423.xml
|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum donianum
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