Carolina Horsenettle

(Solanum carolinense)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect to spreading rhizomatous perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot and creeping subterranean rhizomes

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged, simple, crowded, paler on bottom, elliptic-oblong to oval in shape, margin indulated or lobed

Reproduction: Raceme-like cluster inflorescences, flowers star-shaped and white to pale violet in color; produces yellow-green berries when pollenated

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}