Solanum prinophyllum

Forest Nightshade at Surf Beach, NSW

Solanum prinophyllum at Surf Beach, NSW - 13 Mar 2020
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Identification history

Solanum pseudocapsicum 28 Mar 2020 LyndalT
Unidentified 15 Mar 2020 LyndalT

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6 comments

ClydeRiver wrote:
   16 Mar 2020
Paddy Melon surely ...
   29 Mar 2020
Going by my weed book, could be *Citrullus amarus (Citrullus lanatus syn.). You will have to wait to see if it ends up with a melon, but not a Paddy Melon.
LyndalT wrote:
   29 Mar 2020
Solanum species - it is now flowering, purple flower with yellow stamens; can't work out how to upload new pic from here
Sybille wrote:
   29 Mar 2020
With those tall prickles emerging from leaf surface it might be Solanum prinophyllum. But leaf would be a bit darker.
plants wrote:
   29 Mar 2020
Solanum prinophyllum or S. pungetium. Definitely not S. pseudocapsicum (it has no prickles).
Plants in top right and lower left of photo are Sigebeckia orientalis
JackieMiles wrote:
   23 Jun 2020
I think the leaves look glossy enough to say it is prinophyllum not pungetium (which has shortly hairy and hence dull upper leaf surface).

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 13 Mar 2020 03:34 PM Recorded on
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