Solanum blodgettii Chapm.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Solanum blodgettii Chapm.

  • Description

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    Species Description - An unarmed shrub, 0.5-1.5 m. high, the branches spreading, the young twigs, leaves and inflorescence stellate-tomentulose. Leaves oblong, 5-15 cm. long, entire or undulate, obtuse or acute at the apex, mostly obtuse at the base, the petioles 1-3 cm. long; peduncles longer than the leaves; panicles dense, short, several-many-flowered; pedicels 3-7 mm. long; calyx about 3 mm. long, its teeth minute, deltoid; corolla white or blue, its lobes linear or linear-lanceolate, 6-7 mm. long, pubescent without; anthers linear, apically dehiscent; ovary glabrous; berries red, 4-6 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands, North Cat Cay, Biminis : Florida. Blodgett's Solanum.

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