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Solanum elaeagnifolium

About
Solanum elaeagnifolium, the silverleaf nightshade or silver-leaved nightshade, is a common weed of western North America and also found in South America. Other common names include prairie berry, silverleaf nettle, white horsenettle or silver nightshade. In South Africa it is known as silver-leaf bitter-apple or satansbos ("Satan's bush" in Afrikaans). More ambiguous names include "bull-nettle", "horsenettle" and the Spanish "trompillo". The plant is also endemic to the Middle East.
- Family
- Solanaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Solanum elaeagnifolium
- Slug
- solanum-elaeagnifolium
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
- Species
- elaeagnifolium
- Wikidata QID
- Q2716800
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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