Solanum elaeagnifoliumCav.

silverleaf nightshade

WFO wfo-0001027770 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Christopher
fig. a Christopher, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-06 / obs. 203912496
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. b Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204330254
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Robert Webster
fig. c Robert Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201466927
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. d Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198699145
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Catherine C. Galley
fig. e Catherine C. Galley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204301712
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. f Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199863446
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by guppin
fig. g guppin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204466386
Solanum elaeagnifolium, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. h Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199538116

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Flowering n = 4,938 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 4,938 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Solanum albiflorum Cockerell
  • Solanum benkei Standl.
  • Solanum dealbatum Lindl.
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium f. albiflorum Cockerell
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium f. benkei Standl.
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium f. elaeagnifolium
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium var. angustifolium Kuntze
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium var. argyrocroton Griseb.
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium var. elaeagnifolium
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium var. grandiflorum Griseb.
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium var. leprosum (Ortega) Dunal
  • Solanum elaeagnifolium var. obtusifolium (Dunal) Dunal
  • Solanum flavidum Torr.
  • Solanum leprosum Ortega
  • Solanum obtusifolium Dunal
  • Solanum roemerianum Scheele
  • Solanum saponaceum Hook.
  • Solanum texense Engelm. & A.Gray
  • Solanum uniflorum Meyen ex Nees

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.