Solanaceae
Lanceleaf nightshade
Solanum lanceifolium
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Lanceleaf nightshade, Kangaroo apple
Synonyms
- Solanum ambiguum Dunal
- Solanum brachyacanthum Dunal
- Solanum calvefactum Dunal
- Solanum crotonoides Sieber ex C.Presl
- Solanum enoplocalyx var. mexicanum Dunal
- Solanum flexuosum Vahl
- Solanum hoffmannii Bitter ex Standl. & C.V.Morton
- Solanum inaequale C.Presl
- Solanum lanceifolium var. brachyacanthum (Dunal) O.E.Schulz
- Solanum lanceifolium var. litorale O.E.Schulz
- Solanum lanceifolium var. punctato-maculatum Dunal
- Solanum lanceifolium var. tetrandrum G.Don
- Solanum lasianthum Dunal
- Solanum micracanthos Lam.
- Solanum micranthum D.Dietr.
- Solanum obscurum Sieber ex Dunal
- Solanum pavonii Dunal
- Solanum preslei A.DC. ex Dunal
- Solanum sarmentosum Lam.
- Solanum scandens Sw.
- Solanum totonacum Sessé & Moc.
- Solanum umbrosum Dunal
- Solanum volubile Thibaud ex Dunal
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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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.