| Latin name: Solanum sarrachoides |
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| Family: Solanaceae |
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| Common name: Hairy nightshade |
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| Life cycle: summer annual, spreads
by seed |
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Habit: forms an elliptical mound,
1
to 2 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide. |
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Foliage: Foliage is dark green and
pubescent. |
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Flowers: 5 white fused petals. |
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Fruit: Green berries with white
stipples.
Calyx covers roughly 1/3 of the berry. |
| Note: This is the most common of
the
nightshades in field nurseries of Oregon's Willamette Valley. |