NOTES: Prickly stems; toxic fruits look like tiny yellow tomatoes. Common in horse pastures. Also known as "Carolina Horsenettle."
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Horsenettle
Genus species:
Solanum carolinense
Common Name:
Horsenettle
Family Name:
Solanaceae
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody vines; leaves alternate, simple to compound; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in cymes; fruit a capsule or berry.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology