Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Solanum opacum
Common name
Green-berry nightshade, Dark nightshade
Family
Solanaceae
Where found
Rainforest clearings, eucalypt woodland, and moist areas along streams. Coast and ranges. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Sprawling, almost prostrate, annual herb to 1 m diameter. Young stems hairy with glandular and simple hairs, becoming hariless.. Leaves alternating along the stems, usually 3-7 cm long, 10-40 mm wide, both surfaces usually sparsely hairy to almost hairless, margins usually shallowly lobed, tips pointed. Flowers 8–12 mm in diameter, white, star shaped, with 5 lobes, in clusters of 2-5 flowers. Fruit green when mature. Flowers irregularly throughout the year.
PlantNET description with photos: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Solanum~opacum (accessed 7 February, 2021)
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