Solanaceae
Peruvian nightshade
Solanum peruvianum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Solanum peruvianumSolanaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Peruvian nightshade
Synonyms
- Antimion tomentosum Raf.
- Lycopersicon commutatum (Spreng.) Roem. & Schult.
- Lycopersicon dentatum Dunal
- Lycopersicon peruvianum (L.) Mill.
- Lycopersicon peruvianum subsp. commutatum (Spreng.) Luckwill
- Lycopersicon peruvianum subsp. dentatum (Dunal) Luckwill
- Lycopersicon peruvianum subsp. peruvianum
- Lycopersicon peruvianum subsp. typicum Luckwill
- Lycopersicon peruvianum var. dentatum (Dunal) Dunal
- Lycopersicon peruvianum var. peruvianum
- Lycopersicon peruvianum var. regulare (Dunal) Luckwill
- Lycopersicon peruvinanum var. commutatum (Spreng.) Link, Klotzsch & Otto
- Lycopersicon peruvinanum var. peruvinanum
- Lycopersicon regulare Dunal
- Scubulon incanum Raf.
- Solanum commutatum Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.