Solanum stelligerum

Devil's Needles at Bawley Point, NSW

Solanum stelligerum at Bawley Point, NSW - 23 Dec 2018 03:48 PM
Solanum stelligerum at Bawley Point, NSW - 23 Dec 2018 03:48 PM
Solanum stelligerum at Bawley Point, NSW - 23 Dec 2018 03:48 PM
Solanum stelligerum at Bawley Point, NSW - 23 Dec 2018 03:48 PM
Solanum stelligerum at Bawley Point, NSW - 23 Dec 2018 03:48 PM
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Identification history

Solanum stelligerum 26 Dec 2018 BettyDonWood
Solanum stelligerum 26 Dec 2018 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 23 Dec 2018 GLemann

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User's notes

Scraggly shrub around 1m. Sharp thorns including occasional single thorn in the middle of the leaf. Leaves quite soft and velvety.

2 comments

plants wrote:
   24 Dec 2018
Probably Solanum stelligerum. Check others in this group in the key to be sure.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   26 Dec 2018
There are a lot of species not yet included in the Plantnet key. It might be one of those.
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/solanum_stelligerum.htm
This is a late draft. The final could be a bit different.

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Additional information

  • True In flower

Species information

  • Solanum stelligerum Scientific name
  • Devil's Needles Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 255.7m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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