Solanum brownii Dunal

Erect shrub to 2 m, dark green, pubescent with stellate hairs, the hairs sparse on upper leaf-surface, dense and woolly on lower surface, peduncle and pedicels; prickles absent, or to 1 cm long, usually sparse on stems, occasional or rare elsewhere. Leaves lanceolate; lamina mostly 8–12 cm long, 10–13 mm wide, sometimes larger, discolorous, entire or sinuate; petiole to 10 mm long. Juvenile leaves with lamina up to 14 cm long and 8 cm wide, entire or shallowly lobed. Inflorescence up to 10–flowered; peduncle to 10 mm long; rachis 10–20 mm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long. Calyx usually 5–7 mm long; lobes triangular to narrowly triangular, 2.5–5 mm long. Corolla broadly stellate to rotate, 25–40 mm diam., pale blue, heliotrope or rich purple. Anthers 4.5–6 mm long. Berry globular, 15–20 mm diam., yellow, greenish white and white. Seeds 2.5–3.5 mm long, pale bone-coloured.

Grows in a variety of habitats, often disturbed, in soils derived from sandstones and basalts.