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Solanaceae

Nightshade or Potato Family

Calibrachoa parviflora (=Petunia parviflora).  SEASIDE PETUNIA.  Annual.  Reported in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 400-5000 feet [McD].


Chamaesaracha coronopus.  GREENLEAF FIVE EYES.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 2500-7500 feet [McD].



Datura wrightii (=Datura meteloides misapplied; may be synonymous with D. inoxia [H/JM]).  SACRED DATURA.  SACRED THORN-APPLE.  Perennial.  Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 1000-6500 feet [McD].



Lycium andersonii.  ANDERSON WOLFBERRY.  WATER JACKET.  Shrub.  Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 5500 feet and lower [McD].


Lycium cooperi.  PEACH THORN.  Shrub.  Mohave County, 3000 feet and lower [McD].


Lycium exsertum.  ARIZONA DESERT-THORN.  Shrub.  Mohave County, 4000 feet and lower [McD].


Lycium fremontii.  FREMONT'S DESERT-THORN.  Shrub.  Mohave County, 2500 feet and lower [McD].


Lycium pallidum.  PALE DESERT-THORN.  Shrub.  Throughout region at 3300-7000 feet [McD].


Lycium parishii.  PARISH'S DESERT-THORN.  Shrub.  reported from southern Mohave County, 2500 feet and lower [McD].


Margaranthus solanaceous.  NETTED GLOBECHERRY.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 3500-5500 feet [McD].


Nicotiana attenuata.  COYOTE TOBACCO.   Annual.  Throughout region at 1000-7500 feet [McD].


Nicotiana clevelandii.  CLEVELAND'S TOBACCO.  Annual.  Reported from southern Mohave County at 5000 feet or lower [McD].


Nicotiana glauca.  TREE TOBACCO.  Shrub or small tree.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties up to 5000 feet but common only below 3000 feet [McD].


Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia (= Nicotiana trigonophylla).  DESERT TOBACCO.  Biennial or perennial.  Found in Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, and probably also up to 6900 feet but usually much lower [McD].


Nicotiana obtusifolia var. palmeri (=Nicotiana palmeri).  DESERT TOBACCO.  Perennial.  Reported from Mohave County, at 2000 feet or lower [McD].


Physalis acutifolia (=Physalis wrightii).  SHARPLEAF GROUNDCHERRY.  Annual.  Yavapai and Navajo counties, 3000-4000 feet [McD].


Physalis crassifolia.  YELLOW NIGHTSHADE GROUNDCHERRY.  Perennial. Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, up to 4500 feet or higher, but more common below 3000 feet [McD].


Physalis hederifolia. (also spelled: Physalis hederaefolia).  IVYLEAF GROUNDCHERRY.  Perennial.  Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 3000-7000 feet [McD].


Physalis hederifolia var. fendleri (=Physalis fendleri).  FENDLER'S GROUNDCHERRY.  Perennial.  Throughout region, 2000-7500 feet [McD].


Physalis heterophylla.  CLAMMY GROUNDCHERRY.  Perennial.  Reported from Coconino and Navajo counties, probably also in Yavapai County, 4000-7000 feet [McD].


Physalis hispida (=Physalis lanceolata misapplied).  PRAIRIE GROUNDCHERRY.  "Doubtfully reported" from the White Mountains in Apache County, 5000-8500 feet [McD, using P. lanceolata].


Physalis longifolia.  LONGLEAF GROUNDCHERRY.  Perennial.  Reported from southern Navajo County, 2500-5000 feet [McD].


Physalis pubescens.  HUSK TOMATO.  Annual.  Reported from Yavapai County, 3000-6000 feet [McD].


Quincula lobata (=Physalis lobata).  CHINESE LANTERN.  Perennial.  Reported from Navajo County, found in Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County at 5600 feet [McD].


Solanum americanum (=Solanum nodiflorum).  AMERICAN BLACK NIGHTSHADE.  Annual.  "Rather doubtfully reported" from Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino County [McD, S. americanum]; Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, amd Navajo counties, at medium and low elevations [McD, S. nodiflorum].


Solanum douglasii.  GREENSPOT NIGHTSHADE.  Subshrub.  Yavapai and Coconino counties, 1500-6000 feet [McD].



Solanum elaeagnifolium.  HORSENETTLE.  SILVERLEAF NIGHTSHADE.  Perennial.  Throughout region at 3500-6000 feet [McD].


Solanum fendleri.  FENDLER'S HORSENETTLE.  Perennial.  Found in southern Apache County, 6800 feet [McD].


Solanum heterodoxum var. novomexicanum.  NEW MEXICAN NIGHTSHADE.  Annual.  Reported from Kirkland, in southwestern Yavapai County, at ca. 4000 feet [McD].


Solanum jamesii.  WILD-POTATO.  Perennial.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5500-8500 feet [McD].


Solanum physalifolium (=Solanum sarrachoides misapplied).  HOE NIGHTSHADE.  Annual.  Found in Coconino and Apache counties, probably also in Navajo County, 3500-7200 feet [McD].


Solanum rostratum.  BUFFALO-BUR.  BUFFALOBUR NIGHTSHADE.  Annual.  Throughout region at 1000-7500 feet [McD].


Solanum triflorum.  CUTLEAF NIGHTSHADE.  Annual.  Throughout region at 1000-7500 feet [McD].



Solanum xanti.  CHAPARRAL NIGHTSHADE.  Subshrub.  Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3500-6000 feet [McD].


This page last revised 3 August 2008.


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