| Solanum xanti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. xanti |
| Binomial name | |
| Solanum xanti A. Gray |
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Solanum xanti, known commonly as chaparral nightshade or San Diego nightshade, is a member of the genus Solanum. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California, Mexico, where it grows in chaparral, woodlands, forests, and other habitat. It is a perennial herb or subshrub producing a branching hairy stem up to about 90 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are up to 7 centimeters long and are lance-shaped to oval, mostly unlobed except for occasional lobes at the bases of the blades. It bears an umbel-shaped inflorescence with many purple-blue flowers up to 3 centimeters wide. The fruit is a green berry 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide.