Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam. APNI* Synonyms: Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq. APNI*
Description: Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb to 1.5 m high, hairy with stellate and glandular hairs; prickles abundant on most parts.
Leaves ± pinnatisect, ovate in outline, 5–14 cm long, 4–10 cm wide, lobed; lower lobes often forming leaflets; both surfaces green to yellowish, tomentose; petiole to 4 cm long, decurrent.
Inflorescences ≤ 12-flowered; peduncle to 45 mm long; rachis to 150 mm long; pedicels 10–15 mm long. Calyx 6–12 mm long, enlarged in fruit; lobes 4–7 mm long. Corolla stellate, 35–50 mm diam., white or pale blue.
Berry 15–20 mm diam., bright red.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Weed of disturbed sites in Sydney, also collected at Gulargambone. Native of S Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *CT, *ST, *CWS, *NWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *W.A.
Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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