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Solanaceae
Solanum

*Solanum sisymbriifolium Lamarck. Common name: Sticky Nightshade. Phenology: Feb-Oct. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: South America

Other Comments: "It is planted widely as a trap plant where potatoes are grown to attract the pale potato cyst nematode" (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019).

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, K4, NE, NY, RAB, S, Tat, Tx; = n/a — Pa. Basionym: Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. 1794

Links to other floras: = Solanum sisymbriifolium - FNA14

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