Specimen Details Report a Problem Species: Solanum americanum Collection Date: April 1, 1992 Bar Code ID: 000001666 UUID: 3e28bf9b-9dec-4679-a5a6-b7d6bc6cf0e1 Collectors: J. Richard Abbott Collector's Identifier: 1516 Flower Buds Present?: True Flowers Present?: True Fruit Present?: True Country: United States State or Province: Florida County or Parish: Sarasota Fips Code: 12115 Nearest Named Place: Sarasota View Image  View JPEG Download JPEG (1.16 MB) Download TIFF (31 MB) Verbatim Directions to Locality: Sarasota, north side of De Soto Road, east of junction with U.S. 41 (North Tamiami Trail). Habitat: wet ditch and sandy ruderal roadside; Associates: Oxalis stricta, Ipomoea trichocarpa, Lepidium virginicum, Salvia riparia, Ludwigia leptocarpa, Spermacoce surgens, Indogifera spicata, Panicum maximum, Conyza canadenis, Rumex pulcher, Brachiaria ramosa. Local Abundance Observations: Common throughout Florida in many habitats. Notes: [map inset]. Above name probably misapplied. If so, S. ptycanthum Dunal or S. nigrum L. var virginicum L. would be the correct name. Type of Donor: Herbarium Donor: Berea College Herbarium (BEREA) Non digital information?: Y Identification Records Identifier's Name: Text Identification Date: 1 April 1992 Formal Identification Date: 0000-00-00 Further Identification Comments: Above name probably misapplied. If so, S. ptycanthum Dunal or S. nigrum L. var virginicum L. would be the correct name. Identification History: Solanum americanum Mill. Related links (open in new browser tab) USDA Plants Database USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants Integrated Taxonomic Information System Google Images International Plant Names Index University of Florida Herbarium Morphbank