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Lycianthes rantonnetii - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Lycianthes rantonnetii - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Silves, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Lycianthes rantonnetii - Upper and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower side of leaf; Silves, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Lycianthes rantonnetii - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Silves, Algarve, Portugal; 8/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 636
Date of entry: 21.08.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Blue potato bush, Paraguay Nightshade

German: Blauer Kartoffelbaum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Solanales (101)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Lycianthes (3)

            Epithet: rantonnetii (Carriere ex Lesc.) Bitter (1)

Synonym: Solanum rantonnetii Carriere

rantonnetii => after M. Victor Rantonnet

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: blue, purple

External links

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