- Source: Solanum wallacei
Solanum wallacei, also known as Catalina nightshade, Wallace's nightshade, Northern island nightshade, or wild tomato, is a perennial plant that produces purple flowers, but otherwise resembles a tomato plant. The foliage and purple-black berries are poisonous.
This rare plant is native to canyons and hillsides on two of the three Channel Islands of California, as well as Guadalupe Island off Baja California. It blooms in April and May.
Wallace's nightshade is named for William Allen Wallace (1815-1893) who collected samples from the Los Angeles area around 1854. Also named for him is the woolly daisy, (Eriophyllum wallacei), among others.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Solanum wallacei
Catalina Island Conservancy
Sources of botanical names - W
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Solanum
- Cagar Alam Karaenta
- Solanum wallacei
- Solanum
- Solanum clokeyi
- Lycopersicon
- List of Solanum species
- Galápagos tortoise
- List of Canadian plants by family S
- List of IUCN Red List Vulnerable plants
- List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name
- Zenker's fruit bat
