Scientific Name: Solanum opacum

Common Name: greenberry nightshade

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Solanaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Prostrate annual or short-lived perennial herb, with green or purple-tinged stems, and alternate, deep green or purple-tinged hairy leaves.

Flowers: White, occasionally tinged with purple, and star-shaped. Flowers are borne in clusters of 2-4, each with an individual stalk.

Fruit: Berry – spherical and up to 1cm wide; mostly green when mature (rarely black).

Municipality
George TownLatrobe
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Small number of collections only from King Island and the north of the state, from sea-level to about 100m.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Remove flesh before storing seed. Store at 3°C.

Seed Treatment Notes

Sow seed fresh, or seed that has been stored at 3°C.