Solanum chenopodioides, commonly known as the whitetip nightshade or velvety nightshade, is a shrub of the family Solanaceae native to South America that has become naturalised in Australia and New Zealand.
Sprawling perennial herb to 1 m, green or grey-green, pubescent with simple hairs; prickles absent.
Leaves ovate to lanceolate, the lamina usually 4โ7 cm long, and 2โ4 cm wide, discolorous, entire or shallowly lobed; petiole to 5 cm long.
Inflorescence short, 5โ10โflowered; peduncle 1โ2 cm long, slightly longer in fruit; pedicels 5โ8 mm long. Calyx 1โ3.5 mm long; lobes rounded, 0.5โ1.5 mm long. Corolla deeply incised, 12โ20 mm diam., white. Anthers 2.5โ3.5 mm long.
This plant might be poisonous
How to get rid of:
Weedkillers, such as Roundup and Resolva, kill them from the inside out. When sprayed onto the leaves of the weed, they are absorbed and transported to the growing points of the plant โ including the roots.
