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|accepted_name=Solanum stoloniferum
|accepted_authority=Schlechtendal
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Linnaea
|place=8: 255. 1833
|year=1833
}}
|common_names=Wild potato
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solanum fendleri
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
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|name=S. fendleri subsp. arizonicum
|authority=Hawkes
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. fendleri var. texense
|authority=Correll
|rank=variety
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|name=S. leptosepalum
|authority=Correll
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum stoloniferum
|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 stoloniferum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, erect, bearing tubers to 3 cm, unarmed, to 0.7 m, sparsely to densely pubescent to strigose, hairs unbranched, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1.5–4 cm, with pair of entire lunate pseudostipules at base; blade compound, elliptic to ovate, 7.5–20 × 3.5–8 cm, margins divided with 1–4 pairs of leaflets, these sometimes interspersed with smaller, interjected leaflets, lowermost leaflets sometimes greatly reduced in size, leaflet margins entire, base cuneate to cordate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, generally forked or 3-fid, 3–26-flowered, to 10 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> articulated near middle, 1.1–3.7 cm in flower and fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 4–8 mm, lobes deltate-acuminate; corolla purple, blue, pale pink, or rarely white, pentagonal to rotate, 1.8–3.3 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers oblong, slightly tapered, 3.5–6.5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. <b>Berries</b> green, sometimes with dark green stripes or white spots, globose or slightly ovoid, 0.9–1.7 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> greenish white, rounded, 1–2 mm diam., rugose. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Hillsides, stream bottoms, sandy soils, disturbed areas in grasslands, pinyon-juniper forests, alpine meadows, coniferous and deciduous forests.
|elevation=1400–3100 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Solanum stoloniferum is widespread in highland Mexico. Its northern range extends into New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, and southwestern Texas. It is one of the most common and polymorphic species of wild potatoes in North America and Mexico.</p>
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name=Solanum stoloniferum
|authority=Schlechtendal
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Solanum fendleri;S. fendleri subsp. arizonicum;S. fendleri var. texense;S. leptosepalum
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=Hillsides, stream bottoms, sandy soils, disturbed areas in grasslands, pinyon-juniper forests, alpine meadows, coniferous and deciduous forests.
|elevation=1400–3100 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Linnaea
|publication year=1833
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum stoloniferum
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