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Solanum huaylasense is a sprawling, woody-based perennial herb, a wild tomato relative from the Andes of northern Peru. It grows on rocky slopes and is listed as endangered in the wild, so it is rarely cultivated.
Solanum huaylasense is a species of plant (wild tomato) in the family Solanaceae. It is endemic to Peru.
On rocky slopes in the Department of Ancash and La Libertad, Peru at an altitude between 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) to 3,140 metres (10,300 ft) above sea level. This species is currently listed as endangered and the population trend is decreasing.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solanum huaylasense 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.
