Place of Publication
Anales Univ. Chile 43: 522 (1873a)
Type citation
Chile, region III (Atacama), port of Huasco, R.A. Philippi s.n. (lectotype: SGO 42735, designated by Bennett (2008) p. 77: isotype: SGO 55576).
Synonyms
References
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Philippi R.A. (1873a)
Philippi, R.A.
1873a. Descripcion de las plantas nuevas incorporadas últimamente en el herbario chileno. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 43: 479-583
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Bennett (2008)
Bennett , J.R.
2008. Revison of Solanum Section Regmandra (Solanaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 65(1):69-112
Iconography
- Bennett (2008): Fig. 2(a-f)
Regions
Tarapacá,
Antofagasta,
Atacama,
Coquimbo,
Islas Desventuradas and
Arica y Parinacota
Habitat
Desert,
Desert fog oases (Lomas),
Semidesert,
Coastal cordillera (semidesert),
Mediterranean and
Coastal matorral
Distribution and habitat
Frequent along the coast from Regions I (Tarapacá) to III (Atacama) on steep, sandy or gravelly hillsides, 100–800 metres above sea-level. It also occurs on Islas Desventuradas.
Descriptions
Habit
Erect or decumbent annual or perennial 50–100 cm tall.
Key characteristics
Easily identified by the size of the flowers which are much smaller (5–7 mm in diameter) than any of the other related species. The leaf segments are only about 1 mm wide, and are much narrower than those of either S. remyanum or S. multifidum.
Notes
Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.
