Solanum lucani F.Muell.

Sprawling, probably annual herb to 30 cm high, c. 1 m wide, green or purple-green, pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles to 8 mm long, abundant on stems, peduncles and calyx, less common elsewhere. Leaves ovate; lamina 5–10 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, sometimes larger, discolorous, entire or shallowly lobed; hairs sparse on upper surface, dense on lower surface; petiole 3–5 cm long. Inflorescence 6–15–flowered; peduncle 2–5 cm long, lengthening in fruit; rachis 5–10 cm long; pedicels 5–13 mm long. Calyx mostly 3–4 mm long; lobes more or less triangular, 1–2 mm long; tube enlarged in fruit. Corolla rotate, 20–25 mm diam., purple. Anthers 4–5 mm long. Berry globular, 10–15 mm diam., green when ripe; fruiting peduncle and axis 4–17 cm long; fruiting calyx 10–15 mm diam. Seeds 1.5 mm long, dark brown.

Usually found in disturbed areas suchas sand bars and levees of rivers. Occasionally associated with gravelly washesof rocky outcrops.