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Plant species within the Solanum genus are shown below. For quick access to genus details, visit our Solanum genus page.

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Scientific Name

Common Name

Family

Genus

Specimens

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Infraspecies

Infraspecies Author

Duration

Ecology

Native

Endemic

Global Rank

Global Rank Comment

Growth Habit

Nature Serve

Persisting

Plant Notes

Plant Type

Species

Species Author

State Rank

State Rank Comment

Status State

Status US

Taxon Notes

USDA Symbol

NWPL_NCNE

NWPL_EMP

Accepted Name

Solanum carolinense var. carolinense

horse nettle

Solanaceae

Solanum

var. carolinense

Perennial

Roadsides, disturbed sites, pastures, successional fields, cultivated ground, floodplain forests, and thickets.

Herbaceous

35023

Vascular

carolinense

SOCAC4

FACU

Accepted Name

Solanum dulcamara

bitter-sweet nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

Perennial

Swamps, wet forests, wet thickets, marshes, rich fens, ditches, and stream banks.

Herbaceous

33281

Vascular

dulcamara

SNA

SODUD

FAC

Accepted Name

Solanum emulans

eastern black nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

Annual

Waste places, disturbed soils, roadsides, cultivated ground, pastures, successional fields, thickets, thin soils on bedrock, and ledges.

Forb/herb

34654

Vascular

emulans

Raf.

SOPT3

FACU

Accepted Name

Solanum jamesii

wild potato

Solanaceae

Solanum

Vascular

jamesii

Torr.

SNA

Accepted Name

Solanum lycopersicum

tomato

Solanaceae

Solanum

GNR

Forb/herb

34046

Vascular

lycopersicum

SNA

LYES

Accepted Name

Solanum nigrum ssp. nigrum

black nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

ssp. nigrum

Annual

Herbaceous

Vascular

nigrum

SNA

SONI

FACU

Accepted Name

Solanum nitidibaccatum

green nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

Annual

Forb/herb

34654

Vascular

nitidibaccatum

Bitter

SNA

SOPH

Accepted Name

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Jerusalem cherry

Solanaceae

Solanum

GNR

Vine, Forb/herb

33051

Vascular

pseudocapsicum

SNA

SOPS

Accepted Name

Solanum rostratum

buffalo bur

Solanaceae

Solanum

Annual

G5?

Forb/herb

32521

Vascular

rostratum

Dunal

SNA

SORO

Accepted Name

Solanum sarrachoides

hairy nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

Vascular

sarrachoides

Sendtn.

SNA

Accepted Name

Solanum sisymbriifolium

sticky nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

Annual

GNR

Forb/herb

35797

Vascular

sisymbriifolium

Lam.

SNA

SOSI

Accepted Name

Solanum triflorum

cut-leaved nightshade

Solanaceae

Solanum

Vascular

triflorum

Nutt.

SNA

Accepted Name

Solanum tuberosum

potato

Solanaceae

Solanum

Perennial

GNR

Subshrub, Shrub

33122

Vascular

tuberosum

SNA

SOTU

Listed Status:	(New York):Rare plants have been protected in New York State since 1933. After a long history of expanded protection efforts, the latest regulation was enacted in June 1989 and includes three rarity categories (endangered, threatened, and rare) and one non-rare protection category (exploitably vulnerable). Rare plants included on the list are protected under New York State Environmental Conservation Law section 9-1503. Part (f) of the law reads as follows: "It is a violation for any person, anywhere in the state to pick, pluck, sever, remove, damage by the application of herbicides or defoliants, or carry away, without the consent of the owner, any protected plant. Each protected plant so picked, plucked, severed, removed, damaged or carried away shall constitute a separate violation." Violators of the regulation are subject to fines of $25 per plant illegally taken. At this time, the Atlas only identifies those species listed as threatened or endangered.
Endangered: 5 or fewer extant sites, or fewer than 1,000 individuals, or restricted to fewer than 4 U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute topographical maps, or species listed as endangered by the U. S. Department of Interior, as enumerated in the Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 17.11.
Threatened: 6 to fewer than 20 extant sites, or 1,000 to fewer than 3,000 individuals, or restricted to not less than 4 or more than 7 U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute topographical maps, or listed as threatened by the U. S. Department of the Interior, as enumerated in the Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 17.11.
Rare: 20 to 35 extant sites, or 3,000 to 5,000 individuals statewide.
Exploitably vulnerable:	listed species are likely to become threatened in the near future throughout all or a significant portion of their range within the state if causal factors continue unchecked.

Listed Status: US	(U.S.) Source - List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Endangered:	Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Threatened:	Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

OBL:	Obligate Wetland. Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW:	Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands.
FAC:	Facultative. Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66%).
FACU:	Facultative Upland. Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%).