Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Solanaceae > Solanum umbelliferum > Solanum umbelliferum var. xanti

Solanum umbelliferum var. xanti (Purple Nightshade)

Synonyms: Solanum xanti (homotypic); Solanum xanti glabrescens; Solanum xanti var. spencerae; Solanum xanti var. spenceri; Solanum xanti var. xanti

Wikipedia Abstract

Solanum xanti, known commonly as chaparral nightshade, purple nightshade, and San Diego nightshade, is a member of the genus Solanum. It is native to the Western United States in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Oregon, and to Northwest Mexico in Baja California. The plant grows in chaparral, oak woodlands, conifer forests, desert Madrean Sky Islands, and other habitats.
View Wikipedia Record: Solanum umbelliferum var. xanti

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 6101 California, United States
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Ecosystems

Predators

Keiferia lycopersicella (Tomato Pinworm)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0