Solanum carolinense

Horse-nettle, Carolina Horse-nettle

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Family: Solanaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - July
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: August - September

Prickly, but not a true nettle. The fruits look like tiny yellow-orange tomatos.




20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
21 June 2014
Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville, VA
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
20 June 2014
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
3 August 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
(ripening fruit)
3 August 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
(ripe fruit)
   




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