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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Solanaceae	Solanum adscendens	Sonoita Nightshade	A waif on ore piles.	Native of sw. United States and n. Mexico.
Solanaceae	Solanum americanum	American Black Nightshade	Hammocks, marsh edges, shell middens, disturbed areas.	E. SC (and NC?) south to s. FL, west to e. TX; western North America, Mexico, Central America, South America. Now also widespread in the Old World by introduction.
Solanaceae	Solanum bahamense	Bahama Nightshade, Cankerberry	Hammocks, dunes.	S. FL; West Indies.
Solanaceae	Solanum campechiense	Redberry Nightshade	Tropical/subtropical dry forests, lake and stream banks.	S. TX south into s. Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America.
Solanaceae	Solanum candidum	Fuzzyfruit Nightshade, Naranjilla Silvestre, Chichilegua	Disturbed areas.	Native of tropical America.
Solanaceae	Solanum capsicoides	Soda-apple, Cockroachberry, Sodom-apple	Disturbed areas, open woodlands.	Native of tropical America. The nativity of this species in the Southeast is uncertain.
Solanaceae	Solanum carolinense var. carolinense	Carolina Horse-nettle, Ball-nettle	Fields, gardens, disturbed areas.	ME and MN, south to s. FL and TX; naturalized well beyond this area, and the original native distribution unclear.
Solanaceae	Solanum carolinense var. floridanum	Florida Horse-nettle	Longleaf pine sandhills, dry hammocks, maritime forests, riverbanks, disturbed areas.	S. GA and se. SC to n. peninsular FL.
Solanaceae	Solanum chenopodioides	Black Nightshade, Whitetip Nightshade, Velvety Nightshade	Ballast, ore piles, other disturbed areas.	Native of s. South America.
Solanaceae	Solanum citrullifolium var. citrullifolium	Watermelon Nightshade	Disturbed areas, roadsides.	Native of c. and w. TX and Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, SON, ZAC). Introduced in scattered states, including DE (Kartesz 2022) and Alachua County, FL (Wunderlin & Hansen 2008).
Solanaceae	Solanum dimidiatum	Texas Horse-nettle	Prairies, sandy soils, eastwards in disturbed areas.	KS south to TX and Mexico (COA); perhaps the native distribution more extensive.
Solanaceae	Solanum diphyllum	Paired-leaf Nightshade	Suburban woodlands, disturbed areas, hammocks.	Native of Mexico and Central America. MS report cultivated.
Solanaceae	Solanum donianum	Mullein Nightshade	Coastal berms, disturbed uplands, marl prairies, pine rocklands, rockland hammock.	S. FL; West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola); Mexico and Central America.
Solanaceae	Solanum dulcamara	Bittersweet, Climbing Nightshade	Disturbed areas, in a wide variety of upland and wetland habitats.	Native of Europe.
Solanaceae	Solanum elaeagnifolium	Silverleaf Nightshade, White Horse-nettle	Glades, prairies, thickets, fencerows, pastures, disturbed areas.	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.
Solanaceae	Solanum emulans	Eastern Black Nightshade	Forests, roadsides, gardens, river banks, shores, disturbed areas.	NL west to SK, south to s. FL and e. TX; reports from s. TX and Mexico are apparently based on other taxa.
Solanaceae	Solanum erianthum	Potato-tree, Salvadora	Hammocks, thickets, open woodlands, disturbed areas.	N. FL south to s. FL; s. TX, Mexico, Central America, and South America; West Indies.
Solanaceae	Solanum glaucophyllum	Waxyleaf Nightshade	Disturbed areas, a historic port waif.	Native of Argentina.
Solanaceae	Solanum interius	Plains Black Nightshade	Prairie ravines, stream valleys, open woodlands.	IA, MN, MB, MT, ID and WA south to w. LA, e. TX, w. TX, NM, and UT.
Solanaceae	Solanum jamaicense	Jamaican Nightshade	Disturbed upland areas.	Native of the West Indies.
Solanaceae	Solanum lycopersicum	Tomato	Persistent and weakly naturalized around gardens, especially where compost or sewage sludge is spread, commonly cultivated, commonly occurring as a waif, rarely if ever truly naturalized.	Native of Andean South America.
Solanaceae	Solanum mauritianum	Earleaf Nightshade	Disturbed hammocks, roadsides.	Native of South America.
Solanaceae	Solanum melongena	Eggplant, Aubergine	Planted in gardens, rarely persistent (only southwards).	Native of s. Asia.
Solanaceae	Solanum nigrescens	Black Nightshade, Divine Nightshade	Forest edges, maritime areas, disturbed areas.	FL, AL, MS, LA, and TX south through Mexico and Central America to n. South America; West Indies.
Solanaceae	Solanum nigrum	European Black Nightshade	Fields, other disturbed areas.	Native of Eurasia.
Solanaceae	Solanum nitidibaccatum	Hairy Nightshade	Prairies, disturbed areas.	Native of temperate South America and likely w. North America, perhaps as far east as nw. AR and e. TX.
Solanaceae	Solanum perplexum	Ochlockonee Ground-cherry	Forest edges, fields, pastures, disturbed areas.	Sw. GA, AL, nc. Peninsular FL; disjunct in w. MS.
Solanaceae	Solanum pilcomayense		Historic waif at seaports.	Native of Argentina and Paraguay.
Solanaceae	Solanum pseudocapsicum	Jerusalem-Cherry, Winter-cherry	Disturbed areas, sandbars, bottomland hardwood forests.	Native of Mediterranean Europe. See Harper & Diamond (2021) for discussion of occurrences and habitats in AL.
Solanaceae	Solanum pseudogracile	Dune Nightshade	Ocean dunes, usually with Uniola paniculata, maritime forests.	E. NC south to s. FL, west to s. MS (or w. LA?).
Solanaceae	Solanum pumilum	Dwarf Horse-nettle	Dolomitic glades, amphibolite glades.	Known from dolomitic Ketona glades in Bibb County, c. AL (Allison & Stevens 2001), amphibolite glades (Chilton and Coosa counties, AL) and historically in GA (Baldwin and Muskogee counties).
Solanaceae	Solanum rostratum	Buffalo-bur, Kansas-thistle, Buffalo-bur Nightshade	Disturbed areas, especially overgrazed pastures and feedlots.	The native distribution obscure, at least in c. and w. United States and n. Mexico.
Solanaceae	Solanum sarrachoides	Viscid Nightshade	Disturbed areas.	Native of South America. Works by Edmonds and associates have established that S. sarrachoides and S. physalifolium Rusby are two distinct species, but both are presently known from North America.
Solanaceae	Solanum scabrum	Garden Huckleberry	Cultivated, perhaps persistent as a waif.	Native of tropical Africa.
Solanaceae	Solanum seaforthianum	Brazilian Nightshade	Cultivated as an ornamental and escaped to disturbed areas.	Native of the West Indies.
Solanaceae	Solanum sisymbriifolium	Sticky Nightshade	Disturbed areas.	Native of South America.
Solanaceae	Solanum tampicense	Aquatic Soda Apple, Scrambling Nightshade, Aquatic Nightshade	Strand swamps, cypress domes, and other forested wetlands.	Native of Mexico, Central America, and West Indies.
Solanaceae	Solanum torvum	Turkey-berry	Disturbed areas.	Native of West Indies. Introduced in AL. MS report is from Weed Science Laboratory.
Solanaceae	Solanum triflorum	Cutleaf Nightshade	Disturbed areas.	Native of western North America and temperate South America. Introduced at scattered locations eastwards.
Solanaceae	Solanum triquetrum	Texas Nightshade, Hierba Mora	Slopes, thickets, fencerows.	Sc. OK, e. TX, nc. TX, and w. TX south into Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, GTO, NLE, QRO, SLP, TAM, ZAC).
Solanaceae	Solanum tuberosum	Potato, Irish Potato, White Potato	Commonly cultivated, rarely escaped or spontaneous from thrown-out tubers.	Native of Andean South America.
Solanaceae	Solanum umbellatum	Lanceleaf Nightshade	Disturbed areas, hammock edges, pine rocklands.	Native of tropical America.
Solanaceae	Solanum viarum	Tropical Soda Apple	Pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas.	Native of South America (s. Brazil, Paraguay, and n. Argentina). This species only appeared in our area a few decades ago, but has been publicized as a severe, extremely aggressive, and rapidly spreading weed (Wunderlin et al. 1993; Mullahey et al. 1993; Mullahey 1996).
Solanaceae	Solanum villosum	Hairy Nightshade	Disturbed areas, most or all collections from ballast, probably only a waif.	Native of the Old World tropics.
Solanaceae	Solanum virginianum	Yellow-fruit Nightshade	Waif on ore piles.	Native of s. Asia and w. Asia.

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