NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Horsenettle; Silverleaf Nightshade

A member of the Solanaceae, the Nightshade Family

Flowering branches of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Cottonwood, Arizona.

Flowering branches.

City of Cottonwood: Along back of parking lot of Arizona Motor Vehicle Division
office on 12th Street, at ca. 3380 feet elevation.

16 May 2006.

 

Fruit of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Cottonwood, Arizona.

Fruit persisting on dead branches from prior season.

Same location as above.

17 May 2006.

 

Upper portions, in fruit, of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Crookton Road, northern Yavapai County, Arizona.

Upper portion of plant, in fruit.

Along Crookton Road near junction with Interstate 40, northern Yavapai County.

16 October 2004.

 

Fruit of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Crookton Road, northern Yavapai County, Arizona.

Fruit; detail from prior image.

16 October 2004.

 

Upper foliage of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Crookton Road, northern Yavapai County, Arizona.

Upper foliage; detail from image below; same plant as in prior images.

16 October 2004.

 

Habit of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Crookton Road, northern Yavapai County, Arizona.

Habit; same plant as in prior images.

16 October 2004.

 

Habitat of Solanum elaeagnifolium, Crookton Road, northern Yavapai County, Arizona.

Habitat; same plant (in foreground) as in prior images, Picacho Peak in background.

16 October 2004.


Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann.

This page created 18 February 2005; last revised 11 April 2009.

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