Solanaceae
Bluewitch nightshade
Solanum umbelliferum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Solanum umbelliferumSolanaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Bluewitch nightshade, Parish's nightshade, San Diego nightshade
- Spanish
- Bruja azul
Synonyms
- Solanum californicum Dunal
- Solanum cupuliferum Greene
- Solanum genistoides Dunal
- Solanum menziesii Dunal
- Solanum microphyllum Pav. ex Dunal
- Solanum obispoense Eastw.
- Solanum palmeri Vasey & Rose
- Solanum parishii A.Heller
- Solanum tenuilobatum Parish
- Solanum umbelliferum var. californicum (Dunal) Parish
- Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens Torr.
- Solanum umbelliferum var. hoffmannii (Munz) D.J.Keil
- Solanum umbelliferum var. incanum Torr.
- Solanum umbelliferum var. intermedium (Parish) D.J.Keil
- Solanum umbelliferum var. montanum (Munz) D.J.Keil
- Solanum umbelliferum var. obispoense (Eastw.) D.J.Keil
- Solanum umbelliferum var. umbelliferum
- Solanum umbelliferum var. xanti (A.Gray) D.J.Keil
- Solanum xanti A.Gray
- Solanum xanti var. glabrescens Parish
- Solanum xanti var. hoffmannii Munz
- Solanum xanti var. intermedium Parish
- Solanum xanti var. montanum Munz
- Solanum xanti var. obispoense (Eastw.) Wiggins
- Solanum xanti var. spencerae J.F.Macbr.
- Solanum xanti var. xanti
- Witheringia menziesii Dunal
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.