Solanaceae
Forked nightshade
Solanum furcatum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Forked nightshade
- Welsh
- Codwarth tal
Synonyms
- Solanum andinum Reiche
- Solanum bridgesii Phil.
- Solanum caudiculatum Phil.
- Solanum coxii Phil.
- Solanum crenatodentatum Dunal
- Solanum crenatodentatum var. crenatodentatum
- Solanum deltoideum Colla
- Solanum furcatum var. acutidentatum Nees
- Solanum furcatum var. furcatum
- Solanum furcatum var. glabrum G.Don
- Solanum furcatum var. integerrimum Nees
- Solanum furcatum var. obtusidentatum Nees
- Solanum furcatum var. pilosum G.Don
- Solanum furcatum var. subintegerrimum Nees
- Solanum masafueranum Bitter & Skottsb.
- Solanum monttianum Bitter
- Solanum muricatum Bertero ex Dunal
- Solanum nigrum var. crentatodentatum (Dunal) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum nigrum var. stylosum Witasek ex Reiche
- Solanum pterocaulum var. dichotomiflorum Dunal
- Solanum rancaguense Dunal
- Solanum rancaguinum Phil.
- Solanum robinsonianum Bitter
- Solanum spretum C.V.Morton & L.B.Sm.
- Solanum subandinum Phil.
- Solanum tredecimgranum Bitter
- Witheringia furcata (Dunal) J.Rémy
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos

Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, 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.