Family | Solanaceae |
Scientific name | Solanum americanum P. Miller |
Synonyms | Solanum adventitium Polgar; Solanum alatum Moench; Solanum amarantoides Dunal; Solanum americanum P. Miller var. baylisii D'Arcy; Solanum americanum P. Miller var. nodiflorum (Jacquin) Edmonds; Solanum americanum P. Miller var. patulum (L.) Edmonds; Solanum americanum P. Miller subsp. nodiflorum (Jacquin) R. J. F. Henderson; Solanum calvum Bitter; Solanum caribaeum Dunal; Solanum curtipes Bitter; Solanum fistulosum Dunal; Solanum ganchouenense H. LĂ©veille; Solanum gollmeri Bitter; Solanum hermannii Dunal; Solanum inconspicuum Bitter; Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & Jaeger; Solanum indecorum A. Richard; Solanum inops Dunal; Solanum luteum P. Miller subsp. alatum (Moench) Dostal; Solanum merillianum Liou; Solanum minutibaccatum Bitter; Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti; Solanum nigrum L. var. americanum (P. Miller) O. E. Schulz; Solanum nigrum L. var. nodiflorum (Jacquin) A. Gray; Solanum nigrum L. var. oleraceum Hitchcock; Solanum nigrum L. var. pauciflorum Liou; Solanum nigrum L. var. virginicum L.; Solanum nigrum L. subsp. alatum (Moench) Celakovsky; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. acuminatum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. acuminatum Chodat; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. macrophyllum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin var. puberulum Dunal; Solanum nodiflorum Jacquin subsp. nutans R. J. F. Henderson; Solanum oleraceum Dunal; Solanum parviflorum Moris ex Badaro; Solanum photeinocarpum Nakamura & Odashima; Solanum ptychanthum Dunal ex de Candolle; Solanum purpuratum Bitter; Solanum sciaphilum Bitter; Solanum subspatulatum Sendtner; Solanum tenellum Bitter; Solanum triangulare Lamarck; Solanum villosum P. Miller subsp. alatum (Moench) Edmonds |
Common name | (Japanese common name) America inu houdzuki [America false houdzuki (houdzuki = Physalis alkekengi var. francheti)] |
(English common name) black nightshade, eastern black nightshade, American black nightshade | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (south of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=24 |
Description | Plants 40-80cm tall. Leaves 2-12cm long, 1-5cm wide. Flowers white (or blue) corollas 5mm, flowering in May to December. Annual plants. |
Reference | Solanum americanum Mill. |
Solanum americanum P. Mill. | |
Solanum americanum Miller | |
Discussions | USDA Plant Profiles indicats Solanum americanum P. Miller var. baylisii D'Arcy as a synonym of Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti. Also Solanum americanum P. Miller var. baylisii D'Arcy is a synonym of Solanum americanum P. Miller. Therefore, at least based on USDA Plant Profiles, Solanum nigrescens M. Martens & Galeotti is a synonym of Solanum americanum P. Miller. |
Note | Naturalized plants (first discovered at Amagasaki City in 1951, reported in 1956). |
October 2006 at rice paddy |
October 2006 at rice paddy |
October 2006 at rice paddy |
October 2006 at rice paddy |
October 2006 at rice paddy |
October 2006 at rice paddy |