Solanum simile F.Muell.

Erect shrub to 2 m, green, glabrous except for minute hairs on petal apices; prickles absent. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate; lamina 3–8 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, sometimes larger, concolorous, usually entire; petiole to 1 cm long. Juvenile leaves up to 19 cm long and 9 cm wide, shallowly lobed towards base. Inflorescence up to 12–flowered; rachis to 5 cm long; peduncle absent or to 1 cm long; pedicels to 25 mm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long; lobes broadly triangular, 2–3 mm long. Corolla rotate, 20–30 mm diam., violet; lobes notched. Anthers 2–2.5 mm long. Berry globular, 10–15 mm diam., green or tinged purple. Seeds 2–2.5 mm long, greyish to dark brown. Stone-cell granules 1–3 mm diam.

Usually grows in sandy, often alkaline, soils, at baseof dunes, disturbed roadside areas, and alluvial gravels and terraces of seasonally flooded creeks. Often associated with mallee eucalypt woodlands; abundantafter fire.

The ripe fruit are eaten. Unripe fruit are poisonous.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.