Solanum douglasii

Greenspot nightshade

Family: Solanaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Greenspot nightshade is a native perennial herb found in southern Northern Coast, Tehama, Central Western, Southwestern California, and Desert Mountains regions in dry scrub, woodland, and riparian areas at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering nearly all year, this plant produces white to lavender flowers with a green to yellow throat, approximately 13 to 15 millimeters in diameter. Growing up to 2 meters tall with much-branched stems covered in short, curved white hairs, it forms a dense, sprawling habit. Its leaves are ovate, 1 to 5 centimeters long, ranging from entire to coarsely irregularly toothed. The fruit is a dull black spherical berry, 5 to 10 millimeters in diameter, which persists on the plant when ripe.

Habitat: Dry scrub, woodland, riparian areas

Bloom period: +- all year

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: s NCo, Teh, CW, SW, DMoj

California counties: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Orange, San Diego, Kern, Riverside, San Joaquin, Mendocino, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Inyo, Imperial, Marin, Santa Clara, Humboldt, San Francisco, San Benito

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.