Weed
Carolina horsenettle, horsenettle, apple of Sodom, bull nettle, devil's tomato, sand briar
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
LenticularLenticular:
Lens-shaped, circular in outline with convex sides.
Light brown
Faintly reticulatedReticulated:
Resembling a net or network, especially having veins, fibers, or lines crossing the surface.
and leathery
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
large and only slightly indents the margin.
Seed does not have the sugary appearance as other Physalis spp. do. The surface seems leathery.
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Solanaceae
Solanum carolinense L.
Solanum carolinense L.
Solanum carolinense L. var. carolinense
Solanum carolinense L. var. floridanum (Shuttlw. ex Dunal) Chapm.
Solanum floridanum Shuttlw. ex Dunal
Solanum godfreyi Shinners
Solanum pumilum Dunal
Solanum carolinense L. var. hirsutum (Nutt.) A. Gray
