OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 27 taxa in the family Solanaceae, Nightshade family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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camera icon Common Name: Christmas-berry, Carolina Matrimony-vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycium carolinianum 165-01-001   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Shell middens, shell mounds, shelly sand dunes, brackish marshes, maritime sand spits

Rare in GA (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

Native to Georgia & South Carolina

 


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Common Name: Common Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lycium barbarum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycium barbarum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycium halimifolium 165-01-002   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Old fields, fencerows, alluvial thickets and clearings, old home sites, along railroad tracks, and in other disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: southern Europe

 


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Common Name: Chinese Matrimony-vine, Wolfberry, Goji Berry, Chinese Boxthorn

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lycium chinense   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lycium chinense   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lycium chinense 165-01-003x   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Old home sites

Waif(s)

Non-native: China

 


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camera icon Common Name: Apple-of-Peru, Shoo-fly-plant

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nicandra physalodes   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nicandra physalodes 165-02-001   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed places, such as cultivated fields and roadsides

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Peru

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Dune Ground-cherry, Sand Ground-cherry, Walter's Ground-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis walteri   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis walteri   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis viscosa ssp. maritima 165-03-001   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes of sea-beaches, openings in maritime forests, longleaf pine sandhills (southward), and rarely inland as a waif in disturbed areas

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Clammy Ground-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis heterophylla   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis heterophylla 165-03-002   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, prairies, stream valleys, dry rocky woodlands, hammocks

Common in Piedmont, uncommon in Mountains & Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Sandhills Ground-cherry, Sword Ground-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Physalis lanceolata   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis lanceolata   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis lanceolata 165-03-002x   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Virginia Ground-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis virginiana   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis virginiana var. virginiana 165-03-003a   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, glades, barrens, and disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Longleaf Ground-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis virginiana var. subglabrata 165-03-003b   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands, gardens and disturbed areas

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Ground-cherry, Cutleaf Ground-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis angulata   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis angulata   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis angulata 165-03-004   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed areas, open woodlands, agricultural fields

Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Downy Ground-cherry, Husk-tomato

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Physalis pubescens   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Physalis pubescens var. pubescens   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis pubescens var. pubescens 165-03-005a   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Gray Ground-cherry, Strawberry-tomato, Dwarf Cape-gooseberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physalis grisea   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physalis grisea   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Physalis pubescens var. grisea 165-03-005b   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Wooded slopes, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum dulcamara   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum dulcamara 165-05-001   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Rare in NC

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Buffalo-bur Nightshade, Kansas-thistle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum rostratum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum rostratum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum rostratum 165-05-002   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially overgrazed pastures and feedlots

Rare

Native: western North America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carolina Horsenettle, Ball-nettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum carolinense var. carolinense   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum carolinense var. carolinense   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum carolinense 165-05-005   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, gardens, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (naturalized well beyond this area)

 


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Common Name: Sticky Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum sisymbriifolium   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum sisymbriifolium   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum sisymbriifolium 165-05-006   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: South America

 


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speaker icon Common Name: American Black Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum americanum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum americanum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum americanum 165-05-009   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Hammocks, marsh edges, shell middens, disturbed areas

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

Native to Georgia & South Carolina (introduced in NC)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Black Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum emulans   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Solanum ptycanthum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum americanum 165-05-009?   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Forests, roadsides, gardens, river banks, shores, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: European Black Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum nigrum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solanum nigrum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum nigrum 165-05-010   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Hairy Nightshade, Viscid Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum sarrachoides   FAMILY: Solanaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solanum physalifolium   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solanum sarrachoides 165-05-012   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: South America

 


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Common Name: Paired-leaf Nightshade, Twoleaf Nightshade

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum diphyllum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum diphyllum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, hammocks

Non-native: Mexico & Central America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Jerusalem-cherry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum pseudocapsicum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum pseudocapsicum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, sandbars, bottomland hardwood forests

Rare

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wetland Nightshade, Aquatic Soda Apple

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum tampicense   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum tampicense   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Strand swamps, cypress domes, and other forested wetlands

Non-native: Mexico, Central America, West Indies

 


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Common Name: Turkeyberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum torvum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum torvum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Non-native: West Indies

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tropical Soda-apple

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solanum viarum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solanum viarum   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Pastures

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: South America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Jimsonweed, Thornapple, Stramonium

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Datura stramonium   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Datura stramonium   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Datura stramonium 165-08-001   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, pastures, disturbed areas, especially common in severely over-grazed pastures; presumably introduced from farther south and west (Mexico or Central America) prior to 1492

Common

Non-native? presumably introduced from Mexico or Central America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Garden Petunia

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Petunia ×atkinsiana   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Petunia ×atkinsiana [axillaris × integrifolia]   FAMILY: Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Petunia ×atkinsiana 165-10-001   FAMILY: Solanaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, garden edges, common in cultivation, rare as a waif or persistent

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Argentina

 


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