Flora of Victoria

Sprawling or almost prostrate annual herb to 1 m across, green, pubescent with small glandular and simple hairs; prickles absent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, mostly 3–7 cm long, 1–4 cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate to attenuate, margins usually shallowly lobed, concolorous, both surfaces sparsely pubescent to glabrescent; petiole 1–4 cm long. Inflorescences simple, 2–5-flowered; peduncle 1.5–2 cm long, deflexed from base in fruit. Flowers on pedicels 7–10 mm long; calyx 2–3 mm long, lobes rounded to broad-triangular, 0.5–1 mm long, slightly enlarged in fruit; corolla stellate, 8–12 mm diam., white, lobes ovate to oblong; anthers 1.5–2 mm long. Berry globose, 8–10 mm diam., green; seeds 1.8–2.2 mm long, fawn and green; stone-cell granules c. 0.8 mm diam. Flowers mostly spring and summer.

EGL, EGU, GipP, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuM, MSB, OtP, OtR, RobP, Strz, VVP, Wim. Also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. New Guinea. Found in more mesic habitats (e.g. wetter tall open forest) mostly in eastern Victoria with a few scattered collections from the west and north-west.

Source: Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Solanaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2018-06-18

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Solanales

family Solanaceae

genus Solanum

Higher taxa

species Solanum opacum A.Braun & Bouché

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Solanum opacum in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Solanum opacum in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Murray Scroll Belt	present	native
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Solanum opacum A.Braun & Bouché

Dark Nightshade

Victoria

State distribution