Solanum aviculare
Kangaroo Apple at Acton, ACT
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| Solanum aviculare | mcosgrove | 6 May 2020 | |
| Solanum aviculare | JanetRussell | 22 May 2019 |
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4 comments
23 May 2019
Probably an escape from the botanic gardens. The local shrubby Solanum, growing naturally at higher altitudes in the ACT, is linearifolium, which occasionally has lobed leaves.
24 May 2019
Solanum linearifolium grows around Canberra, not just high altitude, but I am not sure about lobed leaves. There are photos of Solanum aviculare with toothed leaves but these don't seem to be mentioned in descriptions.
24 May 2019
From PlantNET: Solanum aviculare G.Forst. Leaves lobed or margins entire, concolorous, glabrous; lobed leaves broad-elliptic to obovate, 15–30 cm long, lobes 1–10 cm long, 0.5–2 cm wide, petiole to 4 cm long; entire leaves lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 8–25 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide, petiole 1–2 cm long. Couplet 15 in the PlantNET key using leaf length and width separates Solanum aviculare from Solanum linearifolium and Solanum vescum. Otherwise they seem to be separated on fruit colour.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108243-35.280511
- Altitude 591.4m
- Maps ANBG South Annex
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 May 2019 09:48 AM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Solanum aviculare Scientific name
- Kangaroo Apple Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1150.98m Recorded at altitude
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