Solanum pseudocapsicum L.
Detail
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Botanical Name
- Solanum pseudocapsicum L.
- Common Name
- Jerusalem Cherry
- Synonym(s)
- Solanum capicastrum Link ex Schauer
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not in Flora of Virginia.
- Comments
- Native of Mediterranean Europe, this was thought to be a frost-sensitive species that would almost certainly behave as an annual in southeastern Virginia. However, repeated observations over a period of years indicate that it survives the winters in this region with no problem (B. Camean, pers. comm.).
- Habitat
- An apparently persistent escape from cultivation in two urban forests in the City of Suffolk
- Native Status
- Introduced
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