Solanum amblymerum Dunal in A.DC. APNI* Synonyms: Solanum elegans Dunal ex Poir. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub 0.8–1.6 m high, stellate-hairy; prickles scattered on branches, leaves and peduncles, largely absent elsewhere.
Leaves linear to lanceolate, 4–11 cm long, 0.5–1.5 cm wide, margins entire or sinuate; upper surface green and sparsely stellate-hairy, veins inset and surface often "wrinkled"; lower surface grey-white or yellowish, densely stellate-tomentose; petiole 0.3–1 cm long. Juvenile leaves to 14 cm long, shallowly lobed towards base; petiole to 4 cm long.
Inflorescences 3–6-flowered; peduncle absent or to 10 mm long; rachis to 10 mm long; pedicels 5–10 mm long. Calyx 4.5–6 mm long; lobes 1–3.5 mm long. Corolla rotate, 24–30 mm diam., purple.
Berry 11–16 mm diam., pale green.
Flowering: Chiefly spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Mostly north from Barraba, with a single colection from near Bathurst. Grows in sclerophyll forest on hills or slopes in sandy soil.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CT, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
= S. elegans sensu Flora of NSW and Flora of Australia.
Text by modified by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: see Bean, Telopea 9: 652 (2001).
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