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Solanaceae

Sticky nightshade

Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam.

Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum

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Sticky nightshade: Solanum sisymibriifolium, Ogród Botaniczny UW w Warszawie
Photo: Hubert Śmietanka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (14)
Afrikaans
Doringtamatie
Bangla
সাদা কন্টিকারি
Chinese
擬刺茄, 蒜芥茄, 二裂星毛刺茄, 拟刺茄, 蒜介茄
Czech
Lilek hulevníkolistý
English
Sticky nightshade, Yellow-berried nightshade
Finnish
Liuskakoiso
French
Morelle de Balbis, Tomate Litchi
Guarani
Ñuatĩ pytã
Hungarian
Zsomborlevelű csucsor, Tüskés paradicsom
Norwegian Bokmål
Fjærsøtvier
Russian
Паслён гулявниколистный, Паслён гулявниковолистный, Томат-личи[
Spanish
Espina colorada, Revienta caballo
Swedish
Blek taggborre
Welsh
Codwarth-yr-ychen coch

Synonyms

  • Solanum albiflorum Kuntze
  • Solanum balbisii Dunal
  • Solanum balbisii var. bipinnata Hook.
  • Solanum balbisii var. oligospermum Sendtn.
  • Solanum balbisii var. purpureum Hook.
  • Solanum bipinnatifidum Larrañaga
  • Solanum branciifolium J.Jacq.
  • Solanum decurrens Balb.
  • Solanum edule Vell.
  • Solanum formosum Weinm.
  • Solanum inflatum Hornem.
  • Solanum lilacinum Kuntze
  • Solanum mauritianum Willd. ex Roth
  • Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Dunal
  • Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Walp.
  • Solanum pilosum Raf.
  • Solanum purpureiflorum Dunal
  • Solanum rogersii S.Moore
  • Solanum sabeanum Buckley
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium f. albiflorum Kuntze
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium f. lilacinum Kuntze
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium f. sisymbriifolium
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. bipinnatipartitum Dunal
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. brevilobum Dunal
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. gracile Mattos
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. heracleifolium Sendtn.
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. macrocarpum Kuntze
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. oligospermum (Sendtn.) Dunal
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. purpureiflorum Dunal
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. sisymbriifolium
  • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. sisymbriifolium
  • Solanum subviscidum Schrank
  • Solanum thouinii C.C.Gmel.
  • Solanum viscidum Schweigg.
  • Solanum viscosum Lag.
  • Solanum xanthacanthum Willd. ex Walp.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.