Nightshades

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US

Figure 1. Solanummedusae.A Habit B Flowering branch with an immature fruit C Detail of the adaxial leaf surface indumentum D Detail of the abaxial leaf surface indumentum E Trichome types from stems and leaves (Y.F. Gouvêa et al. 230, BHCB). Scale bars: 30 cm (A), 8 cm (B), 0.5 mm (C–E). Drawings by Iago F. Gouvêa.

Species: Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Date: 2012-01-08 Location: Upper part of Hill Complex, Great Zimbabwe Habitat: Amongst rocks

Species: Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers Date: 2012-01-02 Location: La Rochelle Habitat: Planted in garden

Botanisk Have Århus

Randers, Jylland, Danmark

Kalives, Crete, Greece

Sønderby klint, Assens, Fyn, Danmark

Stenskov Huse, Besser, Samsø, Danmark

Botanisk Have Århus

Kværkeby Mose, Midtsjælland, Denmark

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US

Figure 2. Solanummedusae. A Habitat B Habit; note the distinctive decumbent posture C Roots; note the horizontal growth D Branch apex; note the deep purple coloration and leaf shape E Inflorescence; note that the first flower is always long-styled (upper left corner: a more developed inflorescence with an immature fruit being formed from its first flower, and short-styled flowers distally, some of which have already fallen) F Long-styled flower (upper right corner: detail of the slightly unequal anthers with stellate-pubescent connectives; bottom right corner: color difference between the purple post-anthesis corollas and the lilac senescent ones) G Fruit (upper left corner: half of a transversally dissected fruit; upper right corner: seed; bottom right corner: dissected embryo). Photographs A, C–G by Y.F. Gouvêa B by Philipe S. Saviott.

Species: Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Date: 2012-01-08 Location: Upper part of Hill Complex, Great Zimbabwe Habitat: Amongst rocks

Species: Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers Date: 2012-01-02 Location: La Rochelle Habitat: Planted in garden

Botanisk Have Århus

Randers, Jylland, Danmark

Chania, Crete, Greece

Røsnæs

Stenskov Huse, Besser, Samsø, Danmark

Botanisk Have Århus