Solanum rostratum Dunal GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum rostratum Dunal

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Leptostemonum

Section:

Crinitum

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101426

Place of publication:

Hist. nat. Solanum 234, t. 24. 1813

Verified:

11/13/2002 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 cornutum auct.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
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. 61:858.
Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
Foster, S. & C. Hobbs. A field guide to Western medicinal plants and herbs. 2002
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. Flora de Veracruz. 1978-
Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
Kindscher, K. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie: an ethnobotanical guide. 1992
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Levin, R. A. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among the "spiny solanums" Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum, Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:157-169.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. A flora of New Mexico. 1980
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. 1977
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
Nee, M. 1999. Synopsis of Solanum in the New World. Solanaceae IV: advances in biology and utilization. 1999 319.
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Symon, D. E. 1981. A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4:1-367.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
Whalen, M. D. 1979. Taxonomy of Solanum section Androceras. Gentes Herbarum 11:397.
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Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961

Common names

English
beaked-sandbur –
buffalo-berry –
buffalo-bur –
horned nightshade –
horse-nettle –
Kansas thistle –
pincushion nightshade –
prickly nightshade –
spiny nightshade –
German
Stachel-Nachtschatten –
Swedish
taggborre –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America		Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
4	Naturalized

Native
Northern America

REGION: Mexico
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas]

Naturalized ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Weed	potential seed contaminant		D'Arcy, W. G. 1974. Solanum and its close relatives in Florida. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61:858.

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=101426. Accessed 16 December 2025.