Solanaceae
Divine nightshade
Solanum nigrescens
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Divine nightshade
- Japanese
- オオイヌホオズキ
Synonyms
- Solanum amethystinum (Kuntze) Heiser
- Solanum approximatum Bitter
- Solanum caribaeum Dunal
- Solanum costaricense Heiser
- Solanum crenatodentatum var. ramosissimum Dunal
- Solanum durangoense Bitter
- Solanum frutescens A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
- Solanum gollmeri Bitter
- Solanum jahnii Bitter ex Pittier
- Solanum nigrum var. amethystinum Kuntze
- Solanum nigrum var. nigrescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Kuntze
- Solanum nodiflorum var. puberulum Dunal
- Solanum oligospermum Bitter
- Solanum prionopterum Bitter
- Solanum pruinosum var. phyllolophum Bitter
- Solanum purpuratum Bitter
- Solanum subelineatum Bitter
- Solanum sublineatum Bitter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, 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.