Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens

Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens, commonly known as Parish's nightshade, is a variety of nightshade.^[1] It is native to western North America from southern Oregon to north-western Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including maritime and inland chaparral, woodlands, and forests.

Parish's nightshade
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. umbelliferum
Variety:	S. u. var. glabrescens
Trinomial name
Solanum umbelliferum var. glabrescens Torr.
Synonyms
Solanum parishii A.Heller Solanum xanti var. glabrescens Parish

Description

It is a perennial herb or subshrub producing a branching, ribbed or ridged stem up to about a meter in maximum height. The lance-shaped to nearly oval leaves are up to 7 centimeters long and smooth-edged or somewhat wavy. The inflorescence is an umbel-shaped array of several flowers, each borne on a short pedicel. The flower corolla is around 2 centimeters wide when fully open and is usually purple, but sometimes white. At the center are yellow anthers. The fruit is a berry roughly a centimeter wide.