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Solanum erianthum D. Don
Potatotree

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States (peninsular Florida, Texas), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Synonyms: S. verbascifolium, misapplied.

Other data on Solanum erianthum available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Solanum erianthum has been found in the following 57 conservation areas :
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Bahia Honda State Park	Reported
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Doubtfully Present
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Addition	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Chernoff Hammock	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Indian Key Historic State Park	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
R. Hardy Matheson Preserve	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Reported
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Sewell Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Torchwood Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Tropical Park	Present	Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens	Present	Native
Wahoo Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Reported
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Solanum erianthum has been found in the following 7 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native