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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Solanaceae
| name = ''Solanum wallacei''
|genus=Solanum
| image = Wallace's_Nightshade.jpg
|species=wallacei
| image_width = 260px
|common_name=Wallace's nightshade, Catalina n.s., Northern island n.s., Wild Tomato
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|name_ref=Wikipedia
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
|habit=shrub
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
|Min ht box=3
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
|Min ht metric=ft
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
|Max ht box=7
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
|Max ht metric=ft
| species = '''''S. wallacei'''''
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| binomial = ''Solanum wallacei''
|Min wd box=3
| binomial_authority = (Gray) Parish
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd box=5
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=evergreen, flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|image=Solanum wallacei 1.jpg
|image_width=180
}}
}}
'''''Solanum wallacei''''', also known as '''Wallace's nightshade''', '''Catalina nightshade''', '''Northern island nightshade''', or '''Wild Tomato''', is a [[perennial plant]] that produces purple [[flower]]s, but otherwise resembles a [[tomato]] plant. The foliage and purple-black [[Berry|berries]] are [[poison]]ous.
'''''Solanum wallacei''''', also known as '''Wallace's nightshade''', '''Catalina nightshade''', '''Northern island nightshade''', or '''Wild Tomato''', is a [[perennial plant]] that produces purple [[flower]]s, but otherwise resembles a [[tomato]] plant. The foliage and purple-black [[Berry|berries]] are [[poison]]ous.
This rare plant is native to canyons and hillsides on [[Santa Catalina]] and [[Guadalupe Island]]s. It blooms in April and May.
This rare plant is native to canyons and hillsides on [[Santa Catalina]] and [[Guadalupe Island]]s. It blooms in April and May.
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Solanum wallacei, Parish. A shrubby plant often forming round masses and reaching a height of about 3 ft., the sts. densely villous with long many-celled tawny viscid hairs: lvs. rather thick, usually less densely hairy than the sts., the lower rather large, cordate, the upper ovate, rounded or sub-cordate at the base: fls. in rather large forked cymes, corolla 1 – 1 1/2 in. diam., pale violet: ripe fr. dark purple. Islands off the coast of Calif., Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray.
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==References==
==References==
* [http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1057.htm ''Solanum wallacei'']
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* [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ecology/plants/species_detail.cfm?plants_id=441 Catalina Island Conservancy]
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
* [http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageW.html Sources of botanical names - W]
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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