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  6. Nightshade Family
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  8. Texas Nightshade

species 4,723 observations

Texas Nightshade

Solanum triquetrum

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

57 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ipsilon Dart Moth, Salt Marsh Moth, Isabella Tiger Moth, Virginian Tiger Moth 28
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Eggplant Tortoise Beetle 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Plain Chachalaca, Colorado Potato Beetle, Greenhouse Whitefly, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 17
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Common Eastern Bumble Bee, American Bumble Bee, Sonoran Bumble Bee, Southern Plains Bumble Bee 11

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Vine

From USDA PLANTS.

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