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Desert nightshade is distributed predominately within central eastern
Australia, spread between South-West Queensland, North-West New South Wales, and North-East South Australia, with some being found on the Eastern Coast of South Australia as well. There is no conservation status listed for
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Its leaves are broadly ovate, 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) wide and long, with the apex obtuse and rounded, and the base obtuse to cordate.
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perennial species. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in heaight. This species is of pale grey-green colour, resulting from densely
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grows in arid shrub lands within
Australia. New growth occurs in spring, and most top growth dies down over winter leaving dead stubble.
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The corollas is purple and rotate (20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) diameter), containing the yellow
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Vallejo-Marín, Mario; Pereira Nunes, Carlos
Eduardo; Russell, Avery Leigh (1 May 2022).
378:"Search: species: Solanum oligacanthum | Occurrence records | Atlas of Living Australia"
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Its seeds are 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, black or dark-brownish in colour.
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Distribution within
Australia based off data provided from Atlas of Living Australia
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herb or subshrub which is spread throughout central east
Australia (South-West
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It is classified as a weed within some parts of South
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so it is assumed this species conservation is of low-concern.
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Close up of a single flower, and visible cone-like anther
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arranged in the centre forming a cone-like structure.
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435:"Species: Solanum oligacanthum (Desert Nightshade)"
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296:Distribution and conservation status
847:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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788:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:820318-1
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354:"Solanum oligacanthum F.Muell"
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534:Faegri, Knut (January 1986).
322:Close up of multiple flowers
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852:Endemic flora of Australia
408:Alexander, George (1982).
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842:Plants described in 1855
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616:Solanum oligacanthum
303:Solanum oligacanthum
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244:Solanum oligacanthum
208:Solanum oligacanthum
177:Solanum oligacanthum
159:S. oligacanthum
25:Solanum oligacanthum
453:"Flora of Victoria"
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40:Shrubs full extent
252:pubescent stellate
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608:Taxon identifiers
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233:desert nightshade
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239:Description
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363:2024-06-21
340:References
248:herbacious
221:Queensland
135:Solanaceae
631:Q17401036
560:0374-6607
503:0014-3820
483:Evolution
217:perennial
184:F. Muell.
153:Species:
125:Solanales
59:Kingdom:
801:29607644
796:Tropicos
757:NSWFlora
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679:eFloraSA
625:Wikidata
521:35324004
479:flowers"
457:VicFlora
131:Family:
115:Asterids
102:Eudicots
837:Solanum
710:2932583
512:9313847
477:Solanum
309:Gallery
283:Solanum
271:Ecology
262:anthers
213:species
146:Solanum
141:Genus:
121:Order:
63:Plantae
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413:(PDF)
211:is a
109:Clade
96:Clade
83:Clade
70:Clade
783:POWO
744:NCBI
731:ITIS
718:IPNI
705:GBIF
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640:APNI
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