Participant Info

Species

Solanum triflorum

Family

Solanaceae

CommonName

cutleaf nightshade

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1914

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, montane, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Alamosa Co, Great Sand Dunes 13 Sept 2017; Rio Grande Co, Del Norte mulch bin 24 June 2019

Comments

In the Watershed, Solanum triflorum is the most commonly observed of nightshades. It occupies disturbed ground such as roadsides and house gardens but has naturalized to xeric grassland and rock outcrops. Or perhaps it is the other way around. The plant is thought to be native to much of the southwestern USA, but whether it is native or adventive to Colorado has not been determined. In New Mexico, it follows the Rio Grande drainage to the Mexican border. Observations continue farther down stream only from Jeff Davis Co, Texas.

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