genus
Nightshades
Solanum
Field notes
Children 24 of 83
- Spiny Solanums 6 native
- Black Nightshade Complex 4 native
- Solanum umbelliferum 3 native
- Bittersweet Nightshade introduced
- Tomato introduced
- Bugweed introduced
- Potato introduced
- Western Horsenettle native
- Brazilian Nightshade present
- Potato Tree native
- Texas Nightshade present
- Forked Nightshade introduced
- Tamarillo present
- Chilean Potato Vine present
- Green Nightshade introduced
- Cutleaf Nightshade introduced
- Solanum bonariense
- Mullein Nightshade native
- Waxy-leaved Nightshade
- Flannel Bush
- Fendler's Horsenettle present
- Currant Tomato present
- Pepino present
- Nightshade present
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native nightshades 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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American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
caterpillars
36
bees
1
hosts
2
food
34
flowers
22
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Carolina Horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
caterpillars
35
hosts
3
food
23
flowers
36
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Eastern Black Nightshade
Solanum emulans
caterpillars
34
bees
1
hosts
1
food
20
flowers
18
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Buffalo-bur
Solanum rostratum
caterpillars
33
bees
1
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
16
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Western Horsenettle
Solanum dimidiatum
caterpillars
30
bees
1
hosts
1
food
17
flowers
12
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Potato Tree
Solanum erianthum
caterpillars
28
hosts
1
food
20
flowers
12
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Cockroach Berry
Solanum capsicoides
caterpillars
26
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
6
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Glowing Nightshade
Solanum pseudogracile
caterpillars
24
hosts
1
food
14
flowers
6
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Greenspot Nightshade
Solanum douglasii
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
15
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Purple Nightshade
Solanum xanti
caterpillars
23
hosts
2
food
20
flowers
21
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Wild Potato
Solanum jamesii
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
12
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Melonleaf Horsenettle
Solanum heterodoxum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
1
food
16
flowers
12
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Bluewitch Nightshade
Solanum umbelliferum
caterpillars
21
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
9
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Mullein Nightshade
Solanum donianum
caterpillars
21
food
13
flowers
4