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|genus=Lycianthes
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|species=rantonnetii
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|common_name=Blue potato bush, Paraguay nightshade
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'''''Lycianthes rantonnetii''''' ('''Blue Potato Bush''') is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Solanaceae]]. It is [[native]] to [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Argentina]] and [[Paraguay]].<ref name=GRIN>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419343 Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)]</ref>
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Solanum rantonnetii, Carr. (incorrectly spelled S. Rantonnei, Rantonni, etc.) (S. muticum, N. E. Br. S. japonicum, Hort.). An erect bushy grayish green half-shrub, growing 3-5 ft. high, the st. marked with raised lines decurrent from the petioles: lvs. entire, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, mostly acute at the apex, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent on the upper surface, pubescent with short hairs below: fls. 2-5, together in the axils, 1 in. or more diam.; calyx-lobes with an abrupt linear point, corolla violet with a light yellow center: the red fr. nearly or quite 1 in. diam., heart-shaped, drooping, and very ornamental. Margins of woods in Paraguay and Argentina. Cult. in warm temperate regions of Amer. and Eu.— An excellent plant for blooming in the open in summer. Easily prop. by means of cuttings.
Solanum rantonnetii, Carr. (incorrectly spelled S. Rantonnei, Rantonni, etc.) (S. muticum, N. E. Br. S. japonicum, Hort.). An erect bushy grayish green half-shrub, growing 3-5 ft. high, the st. marked with raised lines decurrent from the petioles: lvs. entire, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, mostly acute at the apex, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent on the upper surface, pubescent with short hairs below: fls. 2-5, together in the axils, 1 in. or more diam.; calyx-lobes with an abrupt linear point, corolla violet with a light yellow center: the red fr. nearly or quite 1 in. diam., heart-shaped, drooping, and very ornamental. Margins of woods in Paraguay and Argentina. Cult. in warm temperate regions of Amer. and Eu. R.H. 1859, p. 135. Gt. 43:1401. — An excellent plant for blooming in the open in summer. Easily prop. by means of cuttings.
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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