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|accepted_name=Solanum sarrachoides
|accepted_authority=Sendtner in C. F. P. von Martius et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bras.
|place=10: 18, plate 1, figs. 1–8. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|common_names=Viscid nightshade
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum sarrachoides
|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 sarrachoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, erect to decumbent, unarmed, to 1 m, moderately to densely pubescent, hairs unbranched, to 2 mm, glandular. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade simple, ovate to elliptic, 3–7.5 × 3–6 cm, margins entire to sinuate-dentate, base truncate to cordate. <b>Inflorescences</b> leaf-opposed or occasionally extra-axillary, unbranched, umbel-like, 2–5(–7)-flowered, 0.5–1.5 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–1 cm in flower and fruit, spreading in flower, reflexed in fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx accrescent and nearly covering berry, unarmed, 2–3 mm, sparsely to moderately pubescent, lobes narrowly triangular; corolla white with yellowish or greenish central star, rotate-stellate, 0.5–1 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers ellipsoidal, 1.2–2 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. <b>Berries</b> dull pale green, globose, 0.5–1 cm diam., glabrous, with 4–6 sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> pale yellow, flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, nearly smooth. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Farmyards, fields, open woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Fla.;Ill.;Kans.;Md.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;R.I.;S.C.;Va.;Wash.;s South America (Argentina;Brazil;Paraguay);introduced also in Europe;Africa (South Africa).
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Many accounts of Solanum sarrachoides in North America actually refer either to S. nitidibaccatum or to a mixture of the two species. In North America, S. sarrachoides is much less widespread and common than S. nitidibaccatum.</p>
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name=Solanum sarrachoides
|authority=Sendtner in C. F. P. von Martius et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Farmyards, fields, open woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–500 m.
|distribution=Ark.;Conn.;Fla.;Ill.;Kans.;Md.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;R.I.;S.C.;Va.;Wash.;s South America (Argentina;Brazil;Paraguay);introduced also in Europe;Africa (South Africa).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bras.
|publication year=1846
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum sarrachoides
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