Solanum pseudocapsicum
Solanum hindsianum
Jerusalem cherry, Jerusalem- or winter-cherry, Jerusalem-cherry nightshade
Hinds' nightshade, Hinds' or Baja or Sonoran nightshade
petiolate;
petiole 0.2–1 cm;
blade simple, elliptic, 1–9 × 0.5–4.5 cm, margins entire, base acute to attenuate.
petiolate;
petioles 0.5–1.5 cm;
blade simple, ovate to elliptic, (1–)2–6.5 × (0.5–)1–3(–4.5) cm, margins entire or undulate, base rounded to truncate and usually oblique.
leaf-opposed, unbranched, 1–8-flowered, 0.2–1 cm.
extra-axillary, unbranched, 3–4-flowered, 3–4 cm.
0.3–0.7 cm in flower, 0.8–1 cm and erect in fruit.
0.4–1.5 cm in flower, erect and 1–2 cm in fruit.
radially symmetric;
calyx somewhat accrescent, unarmed, 2.5–6 mm, glabrous to densely pubescent with dendritic hairs, lobes long-triangular;
corolla white, stellate, 1–1.5(–2.5) cm diam., without interpetalar tissue;
stamens equal;
anthers oblong, 3–4 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;
ovary glabrous.
radially symmetric;
calyx not accrescent, unarmed, 8–10(–20) mm, densely stellate-pubescent, lobes long-triangular to linear-lanceolate;
corolla violet, pentagonal, 2.5–4(–5) cm diam., with abundant interpetalar tissue;
stamens equal or slightly unequal;
anthers narrow and tapered, 6–10 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores;
ovary glabrous.
yellow to orange or red, globose, 1–2 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.
light green, sometimes with darker mottling, drying dark brown or reddish brown, globose, 1–1.5(–2) cm diam., glabrous, cracking open to expose seeds, without sclerotic granules.
yellowish, flattened with thickened margins, 3–4 × 2.5–3 mm, minutely pitted.
dark brown, flattened, 2–3 mm diam., minutely pitted.
= 24.
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Solanum hindsianum
Solanum pseudocapsicum is native from Mexico to Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay. It is grown as an ornamental for its showy fruits, especially around Christmas. It occasionally escapes from cultivation in southern Florida and Texas. In Texas, it has become established and fairly common in Austin, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and in Goliad and Caldwell counties. Cultivated forms are usually glabrous, but some can have branched pubescence. The fruits are mildly poisonous when ingested by humans but can be highly toxic to dogs and some birds.
Solanum pseudocapsicum, along with S. diphyllum, has a distinctive leaf arrangement in which a longer, narrower leaf is paired with a shorter, often more rounded one.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Solanum hindsianum is endemic to the Sonoran Desert of extreme southern Arizona and northern Mexico. In Arizona, it is known only from Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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