Solanum carolinense

Carolina horsenettle
Young plant showing leaves and flowers. Notice the prickles on the stem.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species:
S. carolinense
Binomial name
Solanum carolinense
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Solanum carolinense f. albiflorum (Kuntze) Benke
  • Solanum carolinense var. albiflorum Kuntze
  • Solanum carolinense var. floridanum (Dunal) Chapm.
  • Solanum carolinense var. pohlianum Dunal
  • Solanum floridanum Raf. 1840
  • Solanum floridanum Shuttlew. ex Dunal 1852
  • Solanum godfreyi Shinners
  • Solanum pleei Dunal

Solanum carolinense, the Carolina horsenettle,[2] is not a true nettle, but a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southeastern United States, though its range has expanded throughout much of temperate North America.[3] The plant is an invasive in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.[4][5] The stem and undersides of larger leaf veins are covered with prickles.

"Horsenettle" is also written "horse nettle" or "horse-nettle", though USDA publications usually use the one-word form. Though there are other horsenettle nightshades, S. carolinense is the species most commonly called "the horsenettle". Other common names include radical weed, sand brier or briar, bull nettle, tread-softly, Solanum mammosum ("apple of Sodom"), devil's tomato and wild tomato.

Flowers
Ripe Fruit
  1. ^ Solanaceae Source [2008]: Solanum carolinense. Retrieved 2008-SEP-26.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Solanum carolinense​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ^ "USDA Plants Database".
  4. ^ EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION, ЕВРОПЕЙСКАЯ И СРЕДИЗЕМНОМОРСКАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ПО КАРАНТИНУ И ЗАЩИТЕ РАСТЕНИЙ, ORGANISATION EUROPEENNE ET MEDITERRANEENNE POUR LA PROTECTION DES PLANTES, Solanum carolinense
  5. ^ Flora Italiana, Morella della Carolina, Solanum carolinense L.