Solanaceae
Catalina nightshade
Solanum wallacei
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Solanum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Catalina nightshade
Synonyms
- Solanum arborescens Clokey
- Solanum clokeyi Munz
- Solanum umbelliferum var. clokeyi (Munz) D.J.Keil
- Solanum umbelliferum var. wallacei (A.Gray) D.J.Keil
- Solanum wallacei var. clokeyi (Munz) McMinn
- Solanum wallacei var. viridis Parish
- Solanum wallacei var. wallacei
- Solanum xanti var. wallacei A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, 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.