Solanaceae
Blue potato bush
Lycianthes rantonnetii
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Lycianthes
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Common names
By language (10)
- Afrikaans
- Aartappelbos
- Arabic
- حدق الأرجنتين
- Chinese
- 蓝花茄, 蓝花红丝线
- English
- Blue potato bush, Blue potatobush
- Finnish
- Helmikoisoke, Kesäkoiso
- French
- Arbre à gentiane
- frr
- Irpelbuum
- German
- Enzianstrauch, Kartoffelbaum
- Hebrew
- ליציאנתס רנטונט
- Swedish
- Himmelsöga
Synonyms
- Lycianthes rantonnei (Carrière) Bitter
- Solanum corniculatum Hiern
- Solanum japonicum Carrière
- Solanum muticum N.E.Br.
- Solanum rantonnetii Carrière
- Solanum rantonnetii Carrière ex Lesc.
- Solanum urbanum Morong
- Solanum urbanum var. foliosum Chodat
- Solanum urbanum var. nervosum Chodat
- Solanum urbanum var. subtomentosum Chodat
- Solanum urbanum var. typicum Chodat
- Solanum urbanum var. urbanum
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 119 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tim Park, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Faol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Todd, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, 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.