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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
White horsenettle, Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Family: Solanaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For images, click on the USDA PLANTS and Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants links below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Possibly Extirpated

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized and perhaps not well established. A specimen at FLAS needs to be examined.

Other data on Solanum elaeagnifolium available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants





Solanum elaeagnifolium has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Solanum elaeagnifolium