Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Solanum nigrum / Inuhoozuki イヌホオズキ

Bloom time: August-October

   
Family:
 
Solanaceae /
Nasuka

  Notes For Reference:-
Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Solanum:

Solanum carolinense / Warunasubi
Solanum japonense / Yamahoroshi
Solanum lyratum / Hiyodorijougo
Solanum maximowiczi / Marubanohoroshi
Solanum nigrum / Inuhoozuki
Solanum ptychanthum / Amerikainuhoozuki
 
   

Solanum nigrum / Inuhoozuki イヌホオズキ

 
Solanum nigrum, an annual, 30-60cm in height, grows in fields or on roadsides. Leaves, 3-10cm in length, are alternate, in the shape of a broad ovate, with margins having wavy serrations. Stems bear branches with points along their length, setting 4-8, 6-7mm-long, white flowers in a racemose arrangement. Calyxes are cup-shaped and shallowly cut in; corollas are deeply cleft into five and bend backward. Sap fruit, 0.7-1cm in diameter, is spherical, matures black, and is not glossy. Bloom time: August-October.
             
                     
                     
                     

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