General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 1-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Greenish-blue to silvery
Fruit: Showy
Other: Globose yellow, orange or red berries, ripening to black
Fruiting Time: Winter
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Purple
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant are toxic; poisonous both to cattle and humans.
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Silverleaf Nightshade
  • Trompillo
  • White Horsenettle
  • Bull Nettle
  • Olive-leaf Nightshade
  • Devil's Tomato
  • Silver-leaf Nightshade
  • White Horse Nettle
  • Tomato Weed

Photo Gallery
Location: local roadside
Date: 2016-04-18
Location: Cibolo Nature Center
Date: 2016-09-08
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Date: 2018-08-10
Silverleaf Nightshade (Poisonous Weed)
Location: Edinburg, Texas | June, 2023
Location: Austin, Tx
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2020-05-25
Noxious plant on range land

Date: 2009-09-12
Credit Alexey Sergeev
Location: NW TX
Date: 2021-07-10
Location: NW TX
Date: 2021-07-10
Location: Galveston Island, TX
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Edinburg, Texas | July, 2023
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Trompillo by Eusebioygeorgina Jan 13, 2017 11:39 PM 0

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