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Solanum hoplopetalum Bitter & Summerh.
Thorny Solanum

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 116-118 (1926)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Sprawling, clonal perennial, herb, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. blue/white, Jan to Mar or Sep to Nov. Sandy & clayey soils. Sometimes a weed.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bruce Rock, Capel, Coolgardie, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Swan, Tammin, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.