Solanum linearifolium

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         . . .

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

Flowers:

• Inflorescences ≤ 10-flowered; peduncle absent or to 8 mm long; rachis to 100 mm long, occasionally forked at base; pedicels 20–40 mm long

• Calyx 3–5 mm long; lobes 1–2 mm long. Corolla ± rotate to pentagonal, 25–45 mm diam., purple-violet

• Flowering: chiefly spring–summer

Fruit:                            

• Berry 15–20 mm diam., ochre-yellow and reddish purple at apex

Leaves:         

• Leaves lobed or margins entire, ± concolorous, green and sparsely hairy

• Lobed leaves broad-elliptic, 15–40 cm long, deeply lobed with lobes 2–12 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide

• Petiole to 1.5 cm long; entire leaves narrow-elliptic to linear, mostly 5–10 cm long, 0.5–1 cm wide, petiole short, decurrent

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Erect shrub to 4 m high, sparsely hairy; prickles absent

Habitat:   

• Grows in disturbed or open areas of coastal ranges and tablelands

Distribution:                  

• South from Mt Kaputar N.P. and Coffs Harbour

• NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP

• Other Australian states: Vic

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Solanum%7Elinearifolium (2024)