Solanum ferrugineumJacq.

WFO wfo-0001027943 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Casey H. Richart
fig. a Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 194508933
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Zoltán Stekkelpak
fig. b Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0 1.0 / obs. 180143213
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Bill Levine
fig. c Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142927593
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Dante S. Figueroa
fig. d Dante S. Figueroa, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141571091
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. e Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 112826532
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. f Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 86483181
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. g Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41266083
Solanum ferrugineum, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. h Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37480991

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Solanum ferrugineum is native: Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Costa Rica Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestCosta Rica
Native distribution of Solanum ferrugineum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexican Pacific Is. MXI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
Costa Rica COS SOUTHERN AMERICA

Not drawn on the map: Mexican Pacific Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 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 ficifolium Ortega
  • Solanum hernandesii Dunal
  • Solanum hernandesii var. hernandesii
  • Solanum madrense Fernald
  • Solanum membranifolium Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
  • Solanum obtusifolium Hartw. ex Sendtn.
  • Solanum torvum var. ferrugineum (Jacq.) Sendtn.
  • Solanum torvum var. hartwegianum Sendtn.

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.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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