銀葉茄

armed Perennial subshrubs under 1 m hgih, stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, 3.7-7 cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide, apex obtuse , base obtuse to truncate, silver-gray color and stellate hairs on both sides, petiole sparsely prickles or without, 1-2.5 cm long. Inflorescences solitary or 3-flowered racemes; peduncle 1 cm long, densely stellate, sparsely thin prickes; Calyx 5-lobed, lobes narrowly triangular; colora blue-purple, stellate on lower surface; stamens 5, yellow, poricidal; stigma 1.2 cm; Berry globose, 1 cm across, sparsely stellate, persistent calyx.

PINGTUNG: Wandai, Hsu s. n. 2001 (TESRI). PENGHU: Penghu, Tseng. 2474 (TESRI).

Hsu, T.-W. & Y.-H. Tseng. 2003. Solanum elaeagnifoium Cav. (Solanaceae): A noxious weeds newly naturalized to Taiwan. Ed. Sp. Res. 5(1): 49-51.