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|familia=Solanaceae
|genus=Solanum
|species=wallacei
|common_name=Wallace's nightshade, Catalina n.s., Northern island n.s., Wild Tomato
|name_ref=Wikipedia
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=3
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=7
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=3
|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.
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.,
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.
Low. Calif., and near the seacoast in Cent. Calif. The S. Xanti var. Wallacei of Gray.
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==Cultivation==
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Wallace's nightshade is named for [[William Allen Wallace]] ([[1815]]-[[1893]]) who collected samples from the [[Los Angeles]] area around [[1854]]. Also named for him, ''[[Eriophyllum wallacei]]'', the [[woolly daisy]], among others.
==Gallery==
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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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