Solanum marginatum

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Read about Solanum marginatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Solanum marginatum, Linn. f. A shrub 3-4 ft. high: st. terete, covered with white stellate tomentum: spines subulate, those on the upper part 3/8 – 3/4 in. long, on older parts 1 in. long: lvs. ovate, pinnately lobed less than half-way to the midrib or the upper ones undulately lobed, subcordate at the base, coriaceous, 3-7 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, covered with fine white stellate pubescence which in age disappears from the upper surface except near the margin, remaining silvery white beneath; spines on the principal veins often 1 in. long: cymes extra-axillary, subumbellate; pedicels covered with white stellate tomentum; calyx spiny, the lobes narrow and acute, corolla broadly campanulate, 1 1/4 in. diam., white with the center and midrib bluish: fr. globose, 1 1/2 in. diam., spiny, shining yellow and drooping. Nile Land, Abyssinia. Naturalized to a slight extent at Montecito near Santa Barbara, Calif. B.M. 1928. CH


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