Solanaceae
Garden-huckleberry
Solanum scabrum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 木龍葵, 木龙葵, 糙莖龍葵
- Czech
- Lilek borůvkovitý
- English
- Garden-huckleberry
- Swedish
- Bärskatta
- Welsh
- Codwarth garw
Synonyms
- Solanum boerhaavii Thell.
- Solanum burbankii var. burbankii
- Solanum fistulosum Dunal
- Solanum guineense (L.) Mill.
- Solanum guineense (L.) Lam.
- Solanum guineense var. guineense
- Solanum intrusum Soria
- Solanum melanocerasum Willd.
- Solanum melanocerasum All.
- Solanum melanocerasum (Willd.) Miq.
- Solanum memphiticum Mart.
- Solanum nigrum Acerbi ex Dunal
- Solanum nigrum f. melanocerasum (Willd.) Miq.
- Solanum nigrum subsp. cultum Filov
- Solanum nigrum var. guineense L.
- Solanum nigrum var. melanocerasum (Willd.) Dunal
- Solanum nigrum var. melanocerasum (Willd.) G.Don
- Solanum nigrum var. memphiticum (Mart.) Marzell
- Solanum nigrum var. pterocaulum (Dunal) Schur
- Solanum nitens Opiz
- Solanum nodiflorum var. sativum A.Chev.
- Solanum oleraceum var. macrocarpum Dunal
- Solanum pterocaulon Rchb. ex Nyman
- Solanum pterocaulon var. dichotimiflorum Dunal
- Solanum pterocaulon var. pterocaulon
- Solanum pterocaulum Dunal
- Solanum scabrum subsp. laevis Olet
- Solanum strictum Zuccagni
- Solanum tinctorium Welw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Caroline Léna Becker, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: matej.muchna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meise Botanic Garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.