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Greyish, velvety-tomentose, unarmed perennial herb or subshrub to c. 1.5 m tall; mature stems with 2 ridges. Petioles to 3 cm long. Lamina (1.5)-2.5-11 × (0.5)-1-6 cm, ovate or lanceolate-ovate, tomentose above and below, entire or nearly so; base attenuate; apex acute to acuminate. Cymes umbellate; peduncles very variable in length; pedicels becoming strongly deflexed at fruiting. Calyx 2-3 mm long; lobes very small, somewhat accrescent, lanceolate to oblong or elliptic. Corolla 8-13 mm diam., white; lobes lanceolate or narrowly triangular, densely hairy outside, soon reflexing. Anthers 1.5-3 mm long. Berry 5-7 mm diam., globose, dull purplish black or purple; stone cells 0. Seeds 1-1.5 mm long, suborbicular.
Short-lived, perennial herb, up to 1 m high, grey-green, hairs soft, appressed, multicel-lular. Stems ridged. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, up to 70 x 40 mm, margins entire to sinuate; petioles up to 50 mm long. Inflorescence simple, umbellate cymes, 4-8-flowered; fruiting peduncles up to 50 mm long, deflexed; pedicels 8-12 mm long. Calyx 2.5-3.5 mm long, lobes ± 1 mm, adherent to ripe fruit. Corolla stellate, 12-20 mm in diam., white, basal star yellow. Flowering time Sept.-June. Fruit globose to broadly ovoid, 6.5-10.0 mm in diam., purple, dull, opaque. Seeds 25-50, ± lenticular, compressed, 1.0-1.8 mm long, ± yellow.
Sprawling perennial herb to 1 m high, green or grey-green, pubescent with simple hairs; prickles absent. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, the lamina usually 4–7 cm long, and 2–4 cm wide, discolorous, entire or shallowly lobed; petiole to 5 cm long. Inflorescence short, 5–10-flowered; peduncle 1–2 cm long, slightly longer in fruit; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Calyx 1–3.5 mm long; lobes rounded, 0.5–1.5 mm long. Corolla deeply incised, 12–20 mm diam., white. Anthers 2.5–3.5 mm long. Berry globular, 5–9 mm diam., black. Seeds 1–1.8 mm long, light brownish-yellow.
Annual or perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Spines absent. Leaves petiolate; blade rhombic, apex acute, base cuneate, margins entire or shallowly lobed, slightly undulate, pubescent with short, erect or curved hairs; up to 50 mm long. Flowers: inflorescence lateral, a few-flowered umbel; corolla 15-20 mm in diameter, white; Aug.-Apr. Fruit a black berry, 5-9 mm in diameter.
Shrub, up to 1 m high, unarmed. Leaves entire or with shallowly lobed margin, slightly undulate, pubescent with short, erect or curved hairs. Inflorescence an umbel. Corolla 15-20 mm in diameter. Berries black. Flowers white.
A herb. It grows to 1 m high. It grows each year from seed. The leaves are 3-6 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The fruit are round and 6-8 mm across.
