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Texas nightshade

Solanum triquetrum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 264, February 253, March 491, April 810, May 334, June 162, July 146, August 150, September 179, October 202, November 251, December 252.
Texas4,429
United States3,001
Mexico121
Nuevo Leon50
Durango27
Coahuila de Zaragoza18
Chihuahua9
Tamaulipas8
San Luis Potosi7
New Mexico2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familynightshade family · Solanaceae
Genusnightshades · Solanum

Sources

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Practise Texas nightshade with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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