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Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Common statewide in disturbed open places. | |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 It's interesting to note that this plant is in the same family as many of the vegetables and fruits that we eat (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers), but the family also contains many species of plants that produce highly toxic fruits, including this species, Carolina Horsenettle! | |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Flower color may be purple, pink, or white in this species. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Sep 21, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com