Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park
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Solanaceae
Nightshade Family


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*? Datura wrightii {++} (=Datura meteloides). TOLGUACHA. JIMSONWEED. SACRED DATURA. Perennial. Bl Jun-Oct. Sandy or gravelly dry open places. Uncommon. E Fk Coyote Ck, Red Ck, S Fk Orestimba Ck. Possibly introduced from Mexico.


*Lycopersicon esculentum. {++} TOMATO. Annual or short-lived perennial. Bl sum-fall. Seep on bank below visitor center, on drainage gravel by water faucet in Coe HQ campground. Native of South America.


*Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora. {?} MANY-FLOWERED TOBACCO. Annual. Bl Jun-Oct. On flats and along creeks. Coyote Ck, E Fk Coyote Ck. Native of South America. Nicotiana quadrivalvis (=Nicotiana bigelovii var. wallacei), INDIAN TOBACCO, has also been reported from E Fk Coyote Ck. I suspect only one sp of Nicotiana in the park—probably N. acuminata, but the individuals I examined did not key well to either.


*? Solanum americanum {+} (=Solanum nodiflorum). SMALL-FLOWERED NIGHTSHADE. Annual or perennial. Bl Jul-Sep and probably longer. Damp fields and disturbed areas. Coyote Ck downstream of mouth Soda Springs Cyn, Mississippi Lake. "May be early introduction from S Am" (Nee in Hickman).


*Solanum nigrum. {+} BLACK NIGHTSHADE. COMMON NIGHTSHADE. Annual or perennial. Bl Jul-Sep and probably longer. Disturbed areas. Mouth of Hartman Ck at site of drained reservoir; possibly this sp also at Coyote Ck, Red Ck, Paradise Lake, S Fk Orestimba Ck, Dowdy Ranch. Native of Eurasia. This sp and the preceding are closely related and may be confused in these notes.


Solanum umbelliferum. {++} BLUE WITCH. Perennial to subshrub. Bl Mar-Jun. Fairly common in dry areas in open woods or chaparral throughout.








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