Solanum opacum

Dark Nightshade at Wyndham, NSW

Solanum opacum at Wyndham, NSW - 16 May 2020
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Identification history

Unidentified 17 May 2020 JoyGeorgeson

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Plant growing on north-west ridge after bush fire in February.

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JackieMiles wrote:
   18 May 2020
Many Solanum species appear after fire, some native, some weedy. The flat spreading habit and purplish stems identify this one as the native S. opacum.

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Solanum opacum Scientific name
  • Dark Nightshade Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 87.72m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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