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Posts tagged solanaceae
Close-ups of a Solanum atropurpureum (Malevolence) specimen that I grew and overwintered. I learned of the plant’s existence through Nancy Ondra, who also sent me a packet of seeds for the species. There is a related species with orange thorns instead of maroon.
varanasi datura flower on Flickr.
Datura growing amid rubble in front of the Scindhia Guest House in Varanasi, India, January 2008. Another example of the local Datura can be seen here.
jaltomata procumbens 2 on Flickr.
Seen at the University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden in Seattle.
solanum melanocerasum on Flickr.
Garden huckleberry. Fruit can be boiled down with generous amounts of sugar to make a substitute for blueberries. Solanum burbankii, the sunberry or wonderberry, is naturally much sweeter than garden huckleberry.
Seen at the University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden.
