Solanum brownii is a prickly shrub mostly found in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia. Purple flowers form from June to October.[1]
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| Mount Yengo, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. brownii
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum brownii | |
It was collected in 1804 beside the banks of the Paterson River. One of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." Appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810. Later described by the French botanist Michel Félix Dunal in 1813.
References
edit- ^ "Solanum brownii". PlantNet-NSW Flora Online.
- "Solanum brownii Dunal". Atlas of Living Australia.
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