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Solanum cinereum

Solanum cinereum
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small Nawarra Burr, with unripe fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. cinereum
Binomial name
Solanum cinereum
R.Br.

Solanum cinereum is a nightshade, known by the common name Narrawa burr. It is native to open woodland in south eastern Australia.

S. cinereum is a small perennial shrub, either sprawling, or erect to one metre. The leaves are heavily lobed, dark green, and shiny, and have sharp ~1 cm spines over their surface, and along the major veins. The flowers are purple, and occur all year, but less often in winter. The fruit is like a small, hard tomato, up to about 2 cm in diameter, coloured yellow green, drying to black.

S. cinereum is considered a weed in farmland, because it is poisonous to sheep, cattle, and possibly horses.


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