Robust Horsenettle

Solanum dimidiatum Raf.

Solanaceae (Nightshade Family

▲ young plant emerging from creeping roots

▲ mature plant

▲▼flowers

Robust Horsenettle: (not in Weeds of Nebraska nor Weeds of the Great Plains)

·         Flowers almost always purplish or purple-tinged

·         Leaves have larger, more rounded lobes than the similar horsenettle

·         Leaf undersides have branched hairs with 8-12 branches per hair

·         Fruit is marble-sized, yellow fruit similar to horsenettle