Solanaceae
Hawai'i horsenettle
Solanum sandwicense
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hawai'i horsenettle
Synonyms
- Solanum honopuense H.St.John
- Solanum kauaiense (A.Gray) Hillebr.
- Solanum kavaiense (A.Gray) Hillebr.
- Solanum sandwicense var. kavaiense A.Gray
- Solanum sandwicense var. sandwicense
- Solanum sandwichense Dunal
- Solanum woahense Dunal
- Solanum woahense var. erosocrenulatum Dunal
- Solanum woahense var. woahense
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos

Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wasp32, 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.