Common names: New Zealand nightshade kangaroo-apple
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.
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Shrubs, erect, unarmed, 1–3 m, glabrous. Leaves petiolate; petiole 1–1.5 cm; blade simple, elliptic, 10–30 × 1.5–15 cm, margins entire to coarsely pinnatifid with 1–3 lobes per side, lobe margins entire, base cuneate. Inflorescences leaf-opposed or in branch forks, unbranched or forked, to 10-flowered, 5–15 cm. Pedicels 1.5–3 cm in flower and fruit. Flowers radially symmetric; calyx somewhat accrescent, unarmed, 3–4 mm, glabrous, lobes deltate; corolla blue to deep purple, rotate-stellate, 3–5 cm diam., lobes notched at apex, with abundant interpetalar tissue; stamens equal; anthers oblong, slightly tapered, 3–4 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that sometimes open into longitudinal slits; ovary glabrous. Berries yellow to orange-yellow, ovoid to obovoid, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 cm, glabrous, with abundant sclerotic granules. Seeds reddish brown, flattened, 2.5–3 × 2–2.5 mm, concentrically reticulate. 2n = 92.


Phenology: Flowering Jan–Jul.
Habitat: Open, disturbed sites.
Elevation: 0–100 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia.

Discussion

Solanum laciniatum has often been confused with S. aviculare in floras. See discussion under 2. S. aviculare.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Solanum laciniatum"
Lynn Bohs1 +  and 1The author wishes to acknowledge co-authorship with David M. Spooner† on S. jamesii and S. stoloniferum and with Sandra Knapp and Tiina Särkinen on the black nightshade species. +
New Zealand nightshade +  and kangaroo-apple +
Calif. +, Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +  and Australia. +
0–100 m. +
Open, disturbed sites. +
Flowering Jan–Jul. +
Introduced +
Lycopersicon +
Solanum laciniatum +
species +