Solanum pseudocapsicum
Solanum pseudogracile
Jerusalem cherry, Jerusalem- or winter-cherry, Jerusalem-cherry nightshade
glowing nightshade
petiolate;
petiole 0.2–1 cm;
blade simple, elliptic, 1–9 × 0.5–4.5 cm, margins entire, base acute to attenuate.
petiolate;
petiole 0.5–3 cm;
blade simple, elliptic to lanceolate, 1.5–8 × 1–4 cm, margins entire or nearly so, base cuneate to attenuate.
leaf-opposed, unbranched, 1–8-flowered, 0.2–1 cm.
extra-axillary, unbranched or rarely forked, umbel-like, 3–8-flowered, 1–2 cm.
0.3–0.7 cm in flower, 0.8–1 cm and erect in fruit.
0.5–1 cm in flower and fruit, recurved to reflexed 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, 1.5–3 mm, sparsely pubescent, lobes deltate, reflexed in fruit;
corolla white with yellowish central star, stellate, 1–1.5 cm diam., with sparse interpetalar tissue;
stamens equal;
anthers ellipsoidal, 2–3 mm, dehiscent by terminal pores that open into longitudinal slits;
ovary glabrous.
yellow to orange or red, globose, 1–2 cm diam., glabrous, without sclerotic granules.
dull purplish black, globose, 0.5–1.5 cm diam., glabrous, without (or rarely with 2) sclerotic granules.
yellowish, flattened with thickened margins, 3–4 × 2.5–3 mm, minutely pitted.
pale yellow, flattened, 1–1.3 × 0.8–0.9 mm, minutely pitted.
= 24.
= 24.
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Solanum pseudogracile
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 pseudogracile is very similar to and perhaps not distinct from S. chenopodioides. It is ecologically distinctive, occurring in sand dunes and salt marshes of the Atlantic and eastern Gulf Coastal Plain and inland in some parts of Florida and Georgia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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