Accession Data

Solanum seaforthianum

Common Name: Brazilian Nightshade, St. Vincent Lilac

Family: Solanaceae

Country of Origin: South America

Description: This is a showy, evergreen, slender-stemmed vine growing to 20 ft (6 m) and bearing large nodding clusters of violet-blue flowers with yellow stamens in summer. These are followed by small scarlet berries.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10-12

Accession #: 199200530

Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1311

Quantity: 1

Source: Smith College

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Solanales

Family: Solanaceae

SubFamily: Solanoideae

Tribe: Solaneae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

Images

Solanum seaforthianum