Solanaceae
Hairy nightshade
Solanum villosum
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Паслён касматы
- Chinese
- 红果龙葵
- Czech
- Lilek žlutý
- Dutch
- Donsnachtschade
- English
- Hairy nightshade
- Finnish
- Myskikoiso, Punamyskikoiso
- German
- Gelbfrüchtiger Nachtschatten
- Hebrew
- סולנום שעיר, ענבי השועל
- Icelandic
- Kvöldskuggi
- Japanese
- アカミノイヌホオズキ, ビロードイヌホオズキ
- Swedish
- Gul nattskatta
- Welsh
- Codwarth coch
Synonyms
- Solanum aegyptiacum J.F.Gmel.
- Solanum alatum Moench
- Solanum arenarium Schur
- Solanum canescens Kit. ex Kanitz
- Solanum carmanicum Schönb.-Tem.
- Solanum erythraeum Dunal
- Solanum flavum Kit. ex Schult.
- Solanum flavum Kit. ex Kanitz
- Solanum flavum
- Solanum flavum var. humile Bernh.
- Solanum glabrum Chiov.
- Solanum hildebrandtii A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
- Solanum humile Bernh. ex Willd.
- Solanum incanum Kit. ex Schult.
- Solanum incanum Kit. ex Kanitz
- Solanum incertum Dunal
- Solanum kitaibelii Schult.
- Solanum laevigata Lowe
- Solanum luteovirescens C.C.Gmel.
- Solanum luteum Mill.
- Solanum luteum f. luteum
- Solanum luteum f. miniatibaccatum (Blom) Wessely
- Solanum luteum subsp. alatum (Moench) Dostál
- Solanum luteum subsp. luteum
- Solanum luteum var. calvum Wessely
- Solanum luteum var. luteum
- Solanum luteum var. miniatibaccatum (Blom) Hyl.
- Solanum luteum var. procerum Wessely
- Solanum miniatibaccatum (Blom) Wessely
- Solanum miniatum Bernh. ex Willd.
- Solanum miniatum var. miniatum
- Solanum miniatum var. stenopetalum Dunal
- Solanum miniatum var. subserratum Dunal
- Solanum miniatum var. villosissimum Dunal
- Solanum minutiflorum Dunal
- Solanum morella subsp. luteum (Mill.) Rouy
- Solanum nigrum f. angulosum Döll
- Solanum nigrum f. angulosum (Döll) Döll
- Solanum nigrum f. glabrum Chiov.
- Solanum nigrum f. humile (Bernh. ex Willd.) Döll
and 79 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- 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.