Solanaceae
Creeping false holly
Jaltomata procumbens
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Jaltomata
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- جالتوماتا بروكومبين
- English
- Creeping false holly
- nah
- Cōzcatomatl
- Russian
- Сараха съедобная
Synonyms
- Atropa procumbens Cav.
- Bellinia procumbens (Cav.) Roem. & Schult.
- Jaltomata edulis Schltdl.
- Saracha alata Dunal
- Saracha allogona (Schltdl.) Schltdl.
- Saracha caracasana Bitter
- Saracha conspersa Miers
- Saracha edulis (Schltdl.) Thell.
- Saracha glabrata Miers
- Saracha jaltomata Schltdl.
- Saracha jaltonia Steud.
- Saracha microsperma Bitter
- Saracha miersii Dunal & A.DC.
- Saracha procumbens Ruiz & Pav.
- Saracha procumbens var. pilosula C.V.Morton
- Saracha sessilis Greene
- Saracha zuccagniana G.Don
- Solanum allogonum Bernh.
- Solanum allogonum Bernh. ex Schltdl.
- Witheringia alata (Dunal) Miers
- Witheringia allogona (Schltdl.) Miers
- Witheringia candollei Miers
- Witheringia glabrata (Miers) Miers
- Witheringia jaltomata (Schltdl.) Miers
- Witheringia procumbens (Ruiz & Pav.) Miers
- Witheringia zuccagniana (G.Don) Miers
Flowers
- In flower
- May to September (from 56 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Muñoz-Amezcua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jordi Martínez Martínez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.