Solanaceae Solanum Wildflowers

Bush Tomato

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:31:00 GMT

Dense low shrub to 50cm high. Leaves deeply lobed, prickly.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: diversifolium Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bush Tomato

Member - John and Val — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 03:34:00 GMT

Low soft shrub. Elongated, grey leaves.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: esuriale Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bush Tomato

coley62 — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 03:57:00 GMT

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: Purple

Bush Tomato / Flannel bush

Member - Tony S (WA) — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:58:00 GMT

Erect or rounded shrub, 0.2-1m high. Fl. purple-violet, Jan or Apr to Oct. depending as to where it is growing. Red-brown clay loam or sandy clay,
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: lasiophyllum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Flannel Bush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 03:42:00 GMT

Low woody shrub. Leaves grey and thickly felted with short grey hairs. Sharp spines on stems and calyx.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: lasiophyllum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Kangaroo Apple

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:10:00 GMT

Erect shrub to 2 m high, glabrous except for minute hairs on corolla apices; prickles absent. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 3–8 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, margins usually entire, ± concolorous, both surfaces green and glabrous; petiole to 1 cm long; juvenile leaves to 19 cm long and to 9 cm wide, shallowly lobed basally. Inflorescences £ 12-flowered; peduncle 0–10 mm long; rachis to 50 mm long; pedicels to 25 mm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long; lobes 2–3 mm long. Corolla rotate, 20–30 mm diam., violet. Berry 10–15 mm diam., green or tinged purple.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: simile Main Flower Colour: Purple

Wild Tomato

Member - John and Val — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 07:44:00 GMT

Rounded shrub growing to about 1.5m tall. Prickles up to 1cm long on stems only. All parts covered with short dense hairs that can be silvery or rusty colour. Succulent fruits are pale coloured when ripe. Flowers up to 2.5cm across. Grows on red sand, clay, loamy & skeletal soils, sandplains & dunes, rocky hills & outcrops, gullies.
Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum Species: orbiculatum Main Flower Colour: Purple