Solanum dimidiatum Raf. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum dimidiatum Raf.

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Lathyrocarpum

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101498

Place of publication:

Autik. bot. 107. 1840

Verified:

11/22/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Solanum torreyi A. Gray

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Reference(s)

Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
D'Arcy, W. G. 1974. Solanum and its close relatives in Florida. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61:844.
Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Nee, M. 1999. Synopsis of Solanum in the New World. Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization. 1999 318.
PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Smith, E. B. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. 1978
Symon, D. E. 1981. A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4:150.
Wahlert, G. A. et al. 2014. Phylogeny of the Carolinense clade of Solanum (Solanaceae) inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 39:1208-1216.

Common names

English
Carolina horse-nettle –
Torrey's nightshade –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
4	Naturalized

Native
Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina]

Naturalized ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Weed	potential seed contaminant		Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101498. Accessed 17 December 2025.