About Solanum triflorum Nutt.
Solanum triflorum Nutt. is an annual herb that can grow in many habitat types, and it prefers tilled, disturbed terrain for germination. It produces sprawling, decumbent stems marked with new growth; these horizontal, decumbent stems can quickly reach up to one meter in length, spreading in all directions. The entire plant is covered in trichomes and hairs, which are sometimes misidentified as glands. Its leaves are a few centimeters long, and deeply cut into slightly pointed, serrated lobes — this feature gives the species its common name "cutleaf". The inflorescence holds two or three flowers, each measuring just under one centimeter wide when fully open. Flowers are most often white, but may also have a greenish or purple tint. The fruit is a berry roughly one centimeter wide. Solanum triflorum has been confirmed to be toxic to most animals. The alkaloids common to the Solanum genus are suspected to be the cause of toxic effects observed in rodents that consume this plant.
