Solanum prinophyllum

Sprawling short-lived perennial herb or subshrub to 50 cm high, dark green to purplish-green, sparsely pubescent with minute stellate hairs, young growth with minute glandular hairs; prickles to 10 mm long, straight, scattered to frequent on most parts of plant. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, mostly 5–8 cm long, 3–5 cm wide, deeply lobed, concolorous, both surfaces sparsely pubescent, lobes more or less triangular, margins toothed or further lobed; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long. Inflorescences simple, 1–6-flowered; peduncle 1–10 mm long. Flowers on pedicels 8–10 mm long, elongating in fruit; calyx 5–7 mm long, not greatly accrescent in fruit, lobes narrow-triangular, 1–4 mm long, veins prominent; corolla campanulate-stellate, 10–15 mm long, lilac-blue; anthers 2–2.5 mm long. Berry globose or obovoid, 15–20 mm diam., green or purple; seeds 2–3 mm long, white or yellowish. Flowers mostly spring and summer.