Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)

Silverleaf Nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium

August 5, 2007
North of Prescott


September 26, 2009
Tres Rios
KO# 18



Purple Nightshade Solanum xanti

May 21, 2006
Four Peaks



American black nightshade Solanum americanum

September 26, 2009
Tres Rios
KO #32



Tree Tobacco Nicotiana glauca

November 28, 2008
Papago Park
Poisonous. Contains nicotine. Can grow to 20 feet. This specimen was over 8 feet tall.


September 26, 2009
Tres Rios
KO# 15



Desert Tobacco, Tabaquillo Nicotiana obtusifolia

April 7, 2007
Agua Fria National Monument
Poisonous. Contains nicotine.



Fremont Thornbush, Wolfberry Lycium fremontii

November 9, 2008
Gilbert Water Ranch



Desert thorn Lycium pallidum

April 11, 2010
Tent Rocks, near Camp Verde



Anderson Thornbush Lycium andersonii

February 23, 2008
Usery Regional Park



Thornbush sp. Lycium sp.

March 29, 2008
Canyon Lake



Small groundcherry Chamasaracha coronopus

April 11, 2010
Tent Rocks, near Camp Verde



Sacred Datura, Jimsonweed, Thornapple Datura meteloides

August 28, 2006
Mt. Lemmon to Oracle Road, Tucson

July 24, 2006
US 191, north of Clifton