Robust Horsenettle
Robust Horsenettle
Solanum dimidiatum Raf.
Solanaceae (Nightshade Family
▲ young plant emerging from creeping roots
▲ mature plant
▲ ▼ flowers
Robust Horsenettle: (not in Weeds of Nebraska; not in Weeds of the Great Plains)
- Flowers almost always purplish or purple-tinged
- Leaves have larger, more rounded lobes than the similar horsenettle
- Leaf undersides have branched hairs with 8-12 branches per hair
- Fruit is marble-sized, yellow fruit similar to horsenettle