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Solanum elaeagnifolium Cavanilles. Common name: Silverleaf Nightshade, White Horse-nettle. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Glades, prairies, thickets, fencerows, pastures, disturbed areas. Distribution: W. MO west to CA, south to w. LA and Mexico (many states); the details of the native distribution highly conjectural. Also native in South America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mex, Mo3, Tn, Tx, WH3; = n/a — Pa, Tat; = Solanum eleagnifolium — RAB, S, orthographic error. Basionym: Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. 1794 [1795]

Links to other floras: = Solanum elaeagnifolium - FNA14

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