Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum pseudocapsicum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Read more about Jerusalem-cherry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum pseudocapsicum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solanum pseudocapsicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solanum pseudocapsicum
(?) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solanum capsicastrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solanum pseudo-capsicum
COMMON NAME:
Jerusalem-cherry
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Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org bug_1392054
Month Unknown
Foliage glabrous, glabrescent or very sparsely pubescent (w appressed hairs), per Weakley's Flora.
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Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org bug_1392055
Month Unknown
Stems and leaves not prickly or spiny. Berry dull red, ~ 1cm wide at maturity, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum pseudocapsicum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum pseudocapsicum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solanum pseudocapsicum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solanum pseudocapsicum
(?)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solanum capsicastrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solanum pseudo-capsicum
2932
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, sandbars, bottomland hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Rare
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dull red
Berry
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