Horsenettle

Scientific Name:   Solanum carolinense


Prickly stems; toxic fruits look like tiny yellow tomatoes.

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Horsenettle

Genus species: Solanum carolinense
Common Name: Horsenettle
Family Name: Solanaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody vines; leaves alternate, simple to compound; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in cymes; fruit a capsule or berry.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White Violet/Blue
Identified by:B. Dole
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