Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Description:
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.
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:
Bimini Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America|
Bimini Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America|