Index / Search / Solanum ptycanthum
§1 Plant — species · Solanaceae
Solanum ptycanthum Dunal
vernacular West Indian nightshade
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Solanum
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 9 of 56 Montana counties.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOPT7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2930222 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25
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