Family: Solanaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, the southeastern United States (Florida, Texas), Mexico, Central America and South America. Also in the Old World, but it's nativity there is unclear.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Solanum verbascifolium of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not L.
