Solanum densevestitum F.Muell. ex Benth.

Leafy, clonal shrub to 1 m, green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; twigs and young growth hirsute-villous; prickles usually absent, occasionally present, to 9 mm long. Leaves ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic; lamina mostly 6–9 cm long, 3–4 cm wide, slightly discolorous, mature leaves entire or almost so, the juvenile leaves shallowly lobed; petiole 1–3 cm long. Inflorescence short, 1–3-flowered; peduncle absent; pedicels c. 10 mm long, lengthened in fruit. Calyx 5–15 mm long; lobes usually elliptic to oblong, 4–12 mm long, leafy, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla stellate, shallowly incised, 25–30 mm diam., 4–5-lobed, violet. Anthers 4–5 mm long. Berry globular, 6–7 mm diam., bright red, largely covered by calyx-lobes. Seeds 2–2.5 mm diam., pale yellow-brown.

Grows in sand andbasaltic soil. Usually associated with wet sclerophyll forest or rainforestmargins.