| Scientific Name | Solanum elaeagnifolium | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Nightshade ( Solanaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 united petals in flat star
Scruffy, silver-green oblong to lancelike leaves with wavy margins. Stems and undersides of leaves with dark spines.[Ajilvsgi says may be sparsely prickly]. Flowers viole to pale lavender or rarely white, united at base, 5-lobed at rim adn appearing star-shaped. Anthers large, yellow, upright and conspicuous. Fruit is dark to yellow to almost black when ripe. Was used in making cheese.. Very common in disturbed places. Wildflowers of Texas (Ajilvsgi) page 315 Texas Wildflowers (Loughmiller) page 137 Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (Peterson Field Guides) page 368 | |||||||||||||
March - October
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