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Solanum ditrichum
Solanum ditrichum, forest nightshade, is a low-growing spiny herbaceous perennial from Australia's east coast, growing up to 60 cm high in moist forest and disturbed rainforest edges. Treat it as a shade-tolerant, moisture-loving groundcover-type plant with spines and toxic berries.
Solanum ditrichum, commonly called forest nightshade, is a low growing herbaceous perennial native to the east coast of Australia, found north of Dungog on the coast and tablelands.
Forest nightshade grows up to 60 cm high. Its leaves are 6 to 12 cm long and 4.5 to 9.5 cm wide. Much of the plant is spiky. Five petalled flowers occur at any time of the year and are blue or lilac in colour. The fruit size varies from 21 to 26 mm in diameter and the stem is around 16 mm long. The fruit is a berry, yellowish green or pale green, with streaks of purple or dark green. Seeds are pale yellow.
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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.
