West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptycanthum Dunal)
Also classified as Solanum ptychanthum (Alternate Spelling).
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Notes
The reported range of this species on BONAP is extends less far west than the reported range from USDA; BONAP considers much of the USDA's reports of western portion of the range to consist of false reports. On the other hand, POWO does not recognize this as a proper species or even variety or subspecies, instead lumping it in with American black nightshade (Solanum americanum), along with other taxa distinguished by USDA and BONAP.
In general, the black-fruiting Solanum, in the "Solanum Section" of the genus, are both hard to distinguish from each other, but subject to a great deal of taxonomic disputes.
Here we have gone with BONAP's classification scheme and based our range map on theirs.
↑Links & External Resources
• Solanum ptycanthum (Black Nightshade) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Solanum ptycanthum (West Indian nightshade) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Solanum ptycanthum | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Solanum ptychanthum | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Solanum ptycanthum Dunal (Eastern Black Nightshade) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
