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Annual to shrub
Leaves generally simple, generally alternate, generally petioled; stipules 0; blade entire to deeply lobed
Inflorescence various
Flower bisexual; calyx lobes generally 5; corolla ± radial, cylindric to rotate, lobes generally 5; stamens 5, alternate corolla lobes; ovary superior, generally 2-chambered, style 1
Fruit: berry or capsule, 2–5-chambered
Genera in family: 75 genera, 3000 species: worldwide, especially ± tropical; many alien weeds in CA; many cultivated for food, drugs, or ornamental (potato, tomato, peppers, tobacco, petunia);many TOXIC .
Annual or perennial herb, sticky-glandular
Stem: main branches from base, with ± long internodes
Leaves subopposite near flowers, entire
Inflorescence: flowers solitary in axils of leaves or leaf-like bracts
Flower: calyx divided nearly to base, lobes ± leaf-like, especially in fruit; corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed; stamens ± equal or 1 short, 2 medium, 2 long
Fruit: capsule
Seeds many, minute, spheric to angled
Species in genus: ± 30 species: generally South America; some cultivated for ornamental, sometimes waifs
Etymology: (Native Am: petun, name for tobacco)