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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, 25-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 to shrub or vine, often glandular, sometimes prickly
Leaves alternate to subopposite, often unequal, entire to deeply pinnately lobed
Inflorescence: panicle or umbel-like, often 1-sided
Flower: calyx ± bell-shaped; corolla ± rotate, white to purple; anthers free, > filaments, oblong or tapered, opening by 2 pores or short slits near tip; ovary 2-chambered, style 1, stigma head-like
Fruit: berry, generally spheric (or dry, capsule-like)
Seeds many, compressed, generally reniform
Species in genus: ± 1500 species: worldwide, especially tropical Am
Etymology: (Latin: quieting, from narcotic properties)
Reference: [Symon 1981 J Adelaide Bot Gard 4:1367]
Many cultivated for food (including potato, S. tuberosum ), ornamental;many TOXIC .
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Perennial 29 dm, from rhizome, little-branched; prickles slender, spreading; hairs stellate
Leaf 515 cm, ovate, ± entire to wavy-lobed, teeth or lobes entire
Inflorescence raceme-like
Flower: calyx 56 mm, lobes ± = tube; corolla 2030 mm wide, generally pale violet (white); anthers 79 mm, ± equal
Fruit 1015 mm diam, yellow
Seed ± 2.5 mm
Chromosomes: n=12
Ecology: Uncommon. Disturbed places, fields, roadsides
Elevation: < 200 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Outer North Coast Ranges, n Sierra Nevada, Great Central Valley, South Coast
Distribution outside California: native to c&e US, n Mexico
Weedy.