Solanum linearifolium
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In Black Mountain flora sections of ANBG
Wikipedia links: Angiosperms > Eudicots > Asterids > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanoideae > Solaneae > Solanum linearifolium
Other links: NSW Flora online: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Solanum%7Elinearifolium
Overview:
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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)