About Solanum nemophilum F.Muell.
Solanum nemophilum F.Muell. is a shrub that grows up to 1.5 meters (4 feet 11 inches) tall. It is densely covered in star-shaped hairs, and is rarely prickly, though prickles sometimes appear on its branches. Its leaves range from elliptic to lance-shaped, and are rarely oval; they measure 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) long and 1.5–2.5 cm (0.59–0.98 in) wide, with smooth edges. Both the upper and lower leaf surfaces bear soft, fine star-shaped hairs, and the two surfaces differ slightly in color. Leaves are borne on petioles 0.5–1 cm (0.20–0.39 in) long. Flowers grow in clusters of 1 to 4, on a peduncle that reaches up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, with individual flowers attached to a pedicel around 5 mm (0.20 in) long. The corolla is star-shaped, 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) in diameter, and purple or bluish in color, with shallowly fused lobes. The calyx is 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long, with individual lobes 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long. Flowering occurs mainly from spring to summer. The fruit is a red berry 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) in diameter, and is mostly covered by the calyx lobes. This Solanum species grows on stony outcrops, in south-eastern Queensland and the Gibraltar Range in New South Wales.
