subgenus
Spiny Solanums
Leptostemonum
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- Androceras 3 native
- Carolina Horsenettle native
- Silverleaf Nightshade native
- Turkey Berry present
- Red Buffalo-bur introduced
- Eggplant introduced
- Tropical Soda-apple present
- Yellow Bitter-apple present
- Bitter-apple
- Giant Devil's-fig present
- Cockroach Berry native
- Quito-orange present
- Sierra Madre Nightshade present
- Forest Nightshade
- Baja California Nightshade
- Surattense Nightshade
- Lanceleaf Nightshade present
- Solanum ferrugineum present
- Bahama Nightshade present
- Common Snake-apple
- White-margined Nightshade introduced
- Indian Nightshade present
- Nipplefruit present
- Wolf-apple
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native spiny solanums All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Silverleaf Nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
caterpillars
37
bees
1
hosts
2
food
21
flowers
38
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Carolina Horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
caterpillars
35
hosts
3
food
23
flowers
36
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Buffalo-bur
Solanum rostratum
caterpillars
33
bees
1
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
16
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Cockroach Berry
Solanum capsicoides
caterpillars
26
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
6
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Melonleaf Horsenettle
Solanum heterodoxum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
12
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Solanum setigeroides
caterpillars
14
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
9
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Pōpoloʻaiakeakua
Solanum sandwicense
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Nelson's Horsenettle
Solanum nelsonii
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Thorny Popolo
Solanum incompletum
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Solanum caumii