Solanum plicatile (S.Moore) Symon

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum

Characteristics

Erect, clonal shrub to 60 cm, grey-green, densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles to 5 mm long, usually scattered on stems, rare or absent elsewhere. Leaves oblong; lamina 10–20 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, concolorous, shallowly lobed, the margin tightly undulate or folded; petiole to 8 mm long. Inflorescence short, 1–3– flowered, sessile or with peduncle to 5 mm long; pedicels 5–6 mm long. Calyx 5–9 mm long; lobes elliptic, 2–5 mm long. Corolla broadly stellate, 20–25 mm diam., sometimes larger, 4–5 lobed, purple. Anthers 4–6 mm long. Berry globular, 8–10 mm diam., sometimes larger, yellow. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, pale yellow-brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Grows in red sandy soil in eucalypt, Acacia and mixed woodland,occasionally in hummock grassland.
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Solanum plicatile world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

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WFO ID wfo-0001030464
COL ID 4Y3SS
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Synonyms

Solanum oldfieldii var. plicatile Solanum plicatile