Latin name: Solanum americanum Miller Pronunciation: so-LAY-num am-er-i-KAY-num Common name: Small-flowered nightshade Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade) Habitat: Open damp fields and waste or disturbed places below 3000' in cismontane Southern California and occasionally in the Mojave Desert Blooming period: April to November Name derivations: 1) Solanum 2) americanum |
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