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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. mauritianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum mauritianum | |
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Solanum mauritianum is a small tree or shrub native to South America, including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.[1] Its common names include earleaf nightshade[2] (or "ear-leaved nightshade"), woolly nightshade, flannel weed, bugweed, tobacco weed, tobacco bush, wild tobacco and kerosene plant.
- ^ Olckersa, T.; Zimmermann, H.G. (October 1991). "Biological control of silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaegnifolium, and bugweed, Solanum mauritianum, (Solanaceae) in South Africa". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 37 (1–3): 137–155. doi:10.1016/0167-8809(91)90143-L.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Solanum mauritianum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 17 November 2015.