Plant Identification Database:
Solanaceae (Nightshade)
Order: Solanales; Class: Dicotyledonae

The plant data on this site are a record of Bob Ronnow's field observations
which vary in accuracy and change with experience. For accurate and complete
information please use the links provided for each plant species and family.

Plant Families
Glossary of Botanical Terms

CLASSIFICATION
LEAVES
FLOWERS
FRUIT
STEM
ECOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION
Common Name (Image)
Scientific Name (Notes)
Genus
LV: Attachment
LV: Shape
LV: Edge
LV: Apex/Base
LV: Size/Surface
FL: Petals/Sepals
FL: Color
FL: Arrangement
FL: Size/Season
FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
FR: Type
FR: Color
FR: Size/Season
ST: Type/Size/Growth
ST: Surface/Color
ST: Buds/Roots
EC: Edible
EC: Habitat
EC: Observations
Common Name (Image)
Scientific Name (Notes)
Other Names
Solanaceae: LV: u. alternate; FL: 5 petals united, 5 sepals united, 5 stamens, regular, perfect, u. axillary, u. solitary, ovary superior; FR: fruit; ST: stem, roots; EC: ecology
5 parts White; Yellow; Blue; Violet S: Beaked DRY DEHISCENT; Berry (several-seeded, inner & outer fleshy, pulpy)
Solanaceae: LV: u. alternate; FL: 5 petals united, 5 sepals united, 5 stamens, regular, perfect, u. axillary, u. solitary, ovary superior; FR: fruit; ST: stem, roots; EC: ecology
Yellow bell pepper Capsicum annuum cultivar Capsicum Foliage, Harold Feinstein Yellow bell pepper Capsicum annuum cultivar
Jimsonweed Datura stramonium Datura opposite, whorled coarsely serrate, slightly lobed 5 parts, Connate, calyx long tubular blue axillary, solitary 2", late summer red X-poisonous roadside, waste places Williamstown-NW Hill Rd. Jimsonweed Datura stramonium devil's snare, thornapple, moon flower, toloache, hell's bells, devil's trumpet, devil's weed, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, pricklyburr, false castor oil plant, devil's cucumber
Jimson weed Datura wrightii Datura         white               X-poisonous   Three Rivers CA Jimson weed Datura wrightii sacred datura, thornapple
Pale wolfberry Lycium pallidum Lycium Whorled Oblanceolate, Spatulate, Oblong >1", Glaucous, Evergreen 5 parts, Connate White, Yellow, Green Solitary, Axillary, Drooping S: Exerted Berry Red Spring; Summer Shrub Thorn straight Fruit raw Desert AZ Pale wolfberry Lycium pallidum Tomatillo, Rabbit thorn
Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum cultivar Lycopersicon Foliage, Harold Feinstein Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum cultivar Love-apple
Apple-of-Peru Nicandra physalodes Nicandra Waste places Apple-of-Peru Nicandra physalodes
Clammy ground-cherry Physalis heterophylla Physalis Clammy ground-cherry Physalis heterophylla
Strawberry-tomato Physalis pruinosa Physalis <1' Fruit raw Strawberry-tomato Physalis pruinosa
American black nightshade Solanum americanum Solanum Forest American black nightshade Solanum americanum
Horse-nettle Solanum carolinense Solanum Horse-nettle Solanum carolinense
Bittersweet nightshade Solanum dulcamara Solanum Waste places Bittersweet nightshade Solanum dulcamara
Black nightshade Solanum nigrum Solanum Opposite, Petiole long (1/2+ leaf length) Whole, Lanceolate Crenate A: Acute; B: Obtuse 5 parts, Reflexed White Raceme Spring; Summer Berry (several-seeded, inner & outer fleshy, pulpy) Black Herbaceous, >1' Waste places Black nightshade Solanum nigrum Common nightshade
Common Name (Image)
Scientific Name (Notes)
Genus
LV: Attachment
LV: Shape
LV: Edge
LV: Apex/Base
LV: Size/Surface
FL: Petals/Sepals
FL: Color
FL: Arrangement
FL: Size/Season
FL: Stamen/Pistil/Ovary
FR: Type
FR: Color
FR: Size/Season
ST: Type/Size/Growth
ST: Surface/Color
ST: Buds/Roots
EC: Edible
EC: Habitat
EC: Observations
Common Name (Image)
Scientific Name (Notes)
Other Names
CLASSIFICATION
LEAVES
FLOWERS
FRUIT
STEM
ECOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION