Flower Petal
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Solanum
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Other Names for this Plant |
Woolly Nightshade, Flannel Weed, Bugweed, Kerosene Plant
East Coast Australia
Growing up to 10 m tall. Its large oval leaves are frosty-green in color and covered with felt-like hairs. The flower is purple with a yellow center.
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Nightshade Family |
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Nightshade Order |
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Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots) |
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Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots) |
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Half Capsule Seed Division |
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Magnolia Division |
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Seed Plants |
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Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom |
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Multicellular Land Plants |
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Cells with a Nucleus |
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Wild Tobacco has become a widespread invasive weed in Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawai‘i, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Réunion Island, Mauritius, Madagascar, Australia, India and several southern African countries. Handling the plants can cause irritation and nausea. The dust from the plant can cause respiratory problems if exposure is prolonged. Because of its ability to affect human health and because of its aggressive and fast growing character it is illegal in some areas of New Zealand to sell, propagate, or distribute any part of the plant. Wild Tobacco is not a Tobacco substitute all parts of the plant are poisonous to humans, especially the berries. Human fatalities have occurred from the consumption of the berries
Unknown Solanaceae
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Unknown Solanaceae
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Unknown Solanaceae
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Comment:
Wild Tobacco, Solanum mauritianum |
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