Solanum linearifolium Geras. ex Symon

Erect shrub to 4 m, green, sparsely pubescent with minute, simple and glandular hairs on leaves, growing points, calyx and corolla apices; prickles absent. Lobed leaves broadly elliptic to ovate; lamina 15–40 cm long, concolorous, deeply lobed; lobes 2–12 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide; petiole up to 15 mm long. Entire leaves narrowly elliptic to linear, mostly 5–10 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, concolorous; petiole short, decurrent as raised line. Inflorescence up to 10–flowered; peduncle absent or to 8 mm long; rachis up to 10 cm long, occasionally forked at base; pedicels 2–4 cm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long; lobes triangular, 1–2 mm long. Corolla broady rotate-stellate to pentagonal, 25–45 mm diam., intense purple-violet. Anthers 3 mm long. Berry globular to slightly ovoid, 1.5–2 cm diam., ochre-yellow and reddish-purple in upper half. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, pale buff to light grey. Stone-cell granules 2–4 mm long.

Shady forests in southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria. Disturbed or open areas of coastal ranges and tablelands.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.