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Taxon:  Solanum triflorum Nutt.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Solanum
Section:
Solanum
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
101526
Place of publication:
Gen. N. Amer. pl. 1:128. 1818
Verified:
11/28/2010 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 calophyllum Phil.
Solanum triflorum Nutt. var. calophyllum (Phil.) Bitter
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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Child, A. 1984. Taxonomic studies in Solanum L. 2. Two new infrageneric taxa for the subgenus Solanum. Feddes Repert. 95:144.
  3. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  4. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  6. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  7. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
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  10. Kindscher, K. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. 1992
  11. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
  12. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  13. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. A flora of New Mexico. 1980
  14. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  15. Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
  16. Nee, M. 1999. Synopsis of Solanum in the New World. Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization. 1999 308.
  17. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
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  19. Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
  20. Sell, P. & G. Murrell. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. 1996-
  21. Symon, D. E. 1981. A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4:1-367.
  22. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  23. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. 1987
Common names
English
cut-leaf nightshade –
small nightshade –
three-flower nightshade –
German
dreiblütiger Nachtschatten –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChubut 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCordoba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaLa Pampa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaLa Rioja 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaMendoza 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaNeuquen 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaRio Negro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSan Juan 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSan Luis 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSanta Cruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTucuman 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
6Other     
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Cordoba, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Chubut, La Pampa, La Rioja, Neuquen, Rio Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Tucuman]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Belgium
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Weedpotential seed contaminant Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
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=101526. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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