Silverleaf Nightshade
Plant Profile | |
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Common Name: Silverleaf Nightshade Other Names: White Horse-Nettle Species Name: Solanum elaeagnifolium Plant Type: Forb Family Name: Solanaceae, Nightshade Family |
Plant Facts | |
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Origin | Native |
Duration | Perennial |
Distribution in the U.S. | South central from Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana southwest to Arizona |
Distribution in Oklahoma | Throughout the state |
ID Characteristics
- Field Identification Characteristics
Vegetative
- Oblong leaves with beveled edges
- Silvery-white fuzz coating foliage
Floral
- Flowers are star shaped; purple with yellow center
- Berries round and yellow
- Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
- Leaf Shape: Lanceolate
- Stipules: Absent
- Floral Characteristics
- Petal Number: 5, fused
- Flower Color: Pale to deep blue or violet, rarely white
- Flower Timing: May-September
- Fruit Type: Berries
Habitat/Ecology | |
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Soil Type | Clay, loam and sandy soils |
Habitat | Cultivated fields, feedlots, right-of-ways, overgrazed pastures and waste areas |
Successional Stage | Early, but grows in all stages |
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