Family Index

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Scientific Name

Solanum opacum

Family Name

SOLANACEAE

Common Name

Greenberry Nightshade

Status

Endangered

Height

prostrate

Flowers

White, occasionally tinged with purple, and star-shaped. Flowers are borne in clusters of 2-4, each with an individual stalk.

Fruit

Berries or drupes

Form

Prostrate annual or short-lived perennial herb, with green or purple-tinged stems, and alternate, deep green or purple-tinged hairy leaves.

Municipalities

Georgetown; Latrobe

Communities

Habitat Notes

Recorded from a rocky hilltop in the Tamar River area in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Remove flesh before storing or sowing seed. Sow seed fresh, or store at 3 degrees C. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

The berry is spherical and up to 1cm wide, and mostly green when mature (rarely black).

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes