Solanaceae — Nightshade Family
Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers
Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers
Streptosolen jamesonii is an evergreen shrub used in traditional medicine, with color-changing flowers and a documented toxicity rating.
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
Withania somnifera, ashwagandha, is a short shrub sold as a dietary supplement with documented potential adverse effects.
Browallia speciosa Hook.
Browallia speciosa Hook.
Browallia speciosa Hook., amethyst flower, is an ornamental plant with a traditional pain-relieving use for tooth decay in Colombian folk medicine.
Cestrum diurnum L.
Cestrum diurnum L.
Cestrum diurnum L. is an evergreen flowering shrub native to the West Indies that contains toxic vitamin D metabolites and has reported medicinal properties.
Cestrum fasciculatum (Schltdl.) Miers
Cestrum fasciculatum (Schltdl.) Miers
Cestrum fasciculatum is a gangly evergreen shrub over two meters tall with purple-tinted hairy stems and pointed green leaves.
Vestia foetida Hoffmanns.
Vestia foetida Hoffmanns.
Vestia foetida is the only species in the monotypic Solanaceae genus Vestia, endemic to Chile, poisonous and used in folk medicine.
Salpiglossis sinuata Ruiz & Pav.
Salpiglossis sinuata Ruiz & Pav.
Salpiglossis sinuata is an ornamental herb grown for its striking patterned, velevety funnel-shaped flowers.
Goetzea elegans Wydler
Goetzea elegans Wydler
Goetzea elegans is an endangered endemic Puerto Rican flowering plant in the nightshade family that may be poisonous.
Nicotiana alata Link & Otto
Nicotiana alata Link & Otto
Nicotiana alata Link & Otto is a fragrant flowering plant grown from summer to fall with multiple possible flower colors.
Nicotiana glutinosa L.
Nicotiana glutinosa L.
Nicotiana glutinosa is a South American tobacco species important for research and tobacco hybrid development.
Nicotiana paniculata L.
Nicotiana paniculata L.
Nicotiana paniculata (small-flowered tobacco) is a solanaceous flowering plant native to western Peru, and a parent of cultivated Aztec tobacco.
Nicotiana rustica L.
Nicotiana rustica L.
Nicotiana rustica, or Aztec tobacco, is a high-nicotine South American solanaceous tobacco with pesticide and cultural uses.
Nicotiana suaveolens Lehm.
Nicotiana suaveolens Lehm.
Nicotiana suaveolens, or Australian tobacco, is an herbaceous solanaceous flowering plant native to southeastern Australia.
Nicotiana sylvestris Speg.
Nicotiana sylvestris Speg.
Nicotiana sylvestris is a parent of cultivated tobacco grown as a fragrant ornamental garden plant.
Anthocercis viscosa R.Br.
Anthocercis viscosa R.Br.
Anthocercis viscosa, or sticky tailflower, is a Solanaceae shrub native to south coast Western Australia that grows 3m tall and bears white or cream flowers from May to February.
Anthocercis littorea Labill.
Anthocercis littorea Labill.
Anthocercis littorea Labill. is a 0.6 to 3 metre tall yellow-flowered plant formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière.
Petunia integrifolia (Hook.) Schinz & Thell.
Petunia integrifolia (Hook.) Schinz & Thell.
Petunia integrifolia is a wild violet-flowered petunia native to eastern South America, smaller and harder to grow than common hybrid bedding petunias.
Brunfelsia grandiflora D.Don
Brunfelsia grandiflora D.Don
Brunfelsia grandiflora is a South American flowering nightshade shrub used traditionally and sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
Brunfelsia pauciflora (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.
Brunfelsia pauciflora (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth.
Brunfelsia pauciflora is a shrub native to southeastern Brazil, with toxic roots containing beta-carboline-derived indole alkaloids.
Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D.Don
Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D.Don
Brunfelsia uniflora (manac) is a poisonous evergreen flowering shrub in Solanaceae, cultivated as an ornamental and for use in potions.
Fabiana imbricata Ruiz & Pav.
Fabiana imbricata Ruiz & Pav.
Fabiana imbricata Ruiz & Pav. is a keystone South American shrub with documented medicinal properties.
Latua pubiflora (Griseb.) Baill.
Latua pubiflora (Griseb.) Baill.
Latua pubiflora is a toxic evergreen woody plant from southern Chile used in traditional Huilliche shamanic practice.
Schizanthus pinnatus Ruiz & Pav.
Schizanthus pinnatus Ruiz & Pav.
Schizanthus pinnatus Ruiz & Pav. is an annual flowering plant with described growth, leaf, flower, fruit traits and common names.
Schizanthus carlomunozii V.Morales & Muñoz-Schick
Schizanthus carlomunozii V.Morales & Muñoz-Schick
Schizanthus carlomunozii is an annual endemic Chilean herb with butterfly-like bilaterally symmetric flowers with two recognized varieties.
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