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Solanum chenopodioides
Also called Tall Nightshade, Velvety Nightshade, Whitetip Nightshade
Solanum chenopodioides is a shrubby annual or short-lived perennial in the nightshade family, native to southern Brazil to Argentina and now naturalised in many warm regions. It is a weedy plant that grows readily in disturbed ground and needs little care beyond sun and reasonably drained soil.
Solanum chenopodioides, commonly known as the whitetip nightshade or velvety nightshade, is a shrub of the family Solanaceae native to South America. It has become naturalised in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solanum chenopodioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
