View source for Solanum wallacei

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|accepted_name=Solanum wallacei
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) Parish
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|place=3, 2: 166. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|common_names=Greasy or Santa Catalina or Wallace’s nightshade
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Solanum xanti var. wallacei
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=11: 91.  1876
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. umbelliferum var. wallacei
|authority=(A. Gray) D. J. Keil
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Solanum;Solanum wallacei
|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 wallacei]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, erect to spreading, unarmed, 1–1.5(–3) m, densely pubescent, hairs transparent, unbranched, to ca. 3 mm, usually glandular. <b>Leaves</b> petiolate; petiole 1–2.5(–4) cm; blade simple, elliptic to obovate, 3–11(–14) × 1.6–5.5(–9) cm, margins entire or slightly undulate, occasionally with 2 small lobes at base, lobe margins entire, base truncate or acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or lateral, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary, usually once-branched, occasionally more, 20–30-flowered, (2–)4–10 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> inserted into small sleeve on inflorescence axis, 1.5–2 cm in flower and fruit. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric; calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 6–7 mm, densely pubescent, lobes deltate; corolla violet to purple with or without green spots at base of lobes, spots usually small and not confluent, rotate, 3–4.5 cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers ellipsoidal, 4.5–5 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. <b>Berries</b> shiny green, turning yellow then black, globose, 3–4 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown, plump to flattened, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, minutely pitted.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Chaparral, open areas, canyon bottoms.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Solanum wallacei is endemic to Santa Catalina Island.</p>
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name=Solanum wallacei
|authority=(A. Gray) Parish
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=S. umbelliferum var. wallacei
|basionyms=Solanum xanti var. wallacei
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Aug.
|habitat=Chaparral, open areas, canyon bottoms.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|publication year=1901
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=
|genus=Solanum
|species=Solanum wallacei
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