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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Solanum wallacei''
| image = Wallace's_Nightshade.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. wallacei'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum wallacei''
| binomial_authority = (Gray) Parish
}}
'''''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.
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.
==References==
* [http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1057.htm ''Solanum wallacei'']
* [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ecology/plants/species_detail.cfm?plants_id=441 Catalina Island Conservancy]
* [http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageW.html Sources of botanical names - W]
[[Category:Solanum]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Solanum wallacei''
| image = Wallace's_Nightshade.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| subclassis = [[Asteridae]]
| ordo = [[Solanales]]
| familia = [[Solanaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''
| species = '''''S. wallacei'''''
| binomial = ''Solanum wallacei''
| binomial_authority = (Gray) Parish
}}
'''''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.
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.
==References==
* [http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1057.htm ''Solanum wallacei'']
* [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ecology/plants/species_detail.cfm?plants_id=441 Catalina Island Conservancy]
* [http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageW.html Sources of botanical names - W]
[[Category:Solanum]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
