{"id":2724,"date":"2010-11-01T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2011-07-31T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T07:10:23","slug":"solanum-fendleri-fendlers-horsenettle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireflyforest.com\/flowers\/2724\/solanum-fendleri-fendlers-horsenettle\/","title":{"rendered":"Solanum fendleri – Fendler’s Horsenettle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Solanum<\/p>\n

\"Solanum<\/p>\n

Plant Name<\/p>\n

Scientific Name:<\/span> Solanum fendleri<\/em><\/p>\n

Synonym:<\/span> Solanum stoloniferum<\/em><\/p>\n

Common Names:<\/span> Fendler’s Horsenettle, Fendler’s Potato, Wild Potato<\/p>\n

Plant Characteristics<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/span> Perennial<\/p>\n

Growth Habit:<\/span> Herb\/Forb<\/p>\n

Arizona Native Status:<\/span> Native<\/p>\n

Habitat:<\/span> Mountain. Fendler’s Horsenettle grows in rich, organic soil in pine forests.<\/p>\n

Flower Color:<\/span> Purple to blue, White<\/p>\n

Flowering Season:<\/span> Summer, Fall (early)<\/p>\n

Height:<\/span> To 20 inches (50 cm) tall<\/p>\n

Description:<\/span> The flowers are flat, round, 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, and have 5 pointed lobes and a yellow beak of stamens. The flowers are followed by small, green to white fruits. The leaves are green to tinged purple below, hairy, alternate, and pinnately compound with usually 5 or 7 elliptic to egg-shaped leaflets. The terminal (end) leaflet is larger than the other leaflets. The plants have both stolons and small, rounded, white or purple tubers (potatoes).<\/p>\n

Special Characteristics<\/p>\n

Edible<\/span> – Although small, the starchy, potato-like tubers are edible if cooked. The raw tubers are very astringent and were only eaten by the Native Americans when other foods were scarce.<\/p>\n

Poisonous<\/span> – Like other Solanum<\/em> species, the foliage and unripe fruit are most likely poisonous.<\/p>\n

Classification<\/p>\n

Kingdom:<\/span> Plantae – Plants
\nSubkingdom:<\/span> Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
\nSuperdivision:<\/span> Spermatophyta – Seed plants
\nDivision:<\/span> Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
\nClass:<\/span> Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
\nSubclass:<\/span> Asteridae
\nOrder:<\/span> Solanales
\nFamily:<\/span> Solanaceae – Potato family
\nGenus:<\/span> Solanum<\/em> L. – nightshade
\nSpecies:<\/span> Solanum fendleri<\/em> A. Gray ex Torr. – Fendler’s horsenettle<\/p>\n

More About This Plant<\/p>\n

Arizona County Distribution Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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