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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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| name = ''Solanum wallacei''

 

| image = Wallace's_Nightshade.jpg

===Propagation===

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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae

 

| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]

===Pests and diseases===

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| ordo = [[Solanales]]

| familia = [[Solanaceae]]

| genus = ''[[Solanum]]''

| species = '''''S. wallacei'''''

| binomial = ''Solanum wallacei''

| binomial_authority = (Gray) Parish

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'''''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.

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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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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.

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==References==

==References==

* [http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/1057.htm ''Solanum wallacei'']

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

* [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ecology/plants/species_detail.cfm?plants_id=441 Catalina Island Conservancy]

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[[Category:Solanum]]

[[Category:Solanum]]

[[Category:Poisonous plants]]

 

[[Category:Flora of California]]

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