Solanum sisymbriifolium

The sticky nightshade has been described under a number of illegitimate scientific names, many of them quite ambiguous homonyms: • Solanum balbisii Dunal • Solanum bipinnatifidum Larrañaga • Solanum brancaefolium Jacq. • Solanum decurrens Balb. • Solanum edule Vell. • Solanum formosum Weinm. • Solanum inflatum Hornem. • Solanum mauritianum Willd. ex Roth (preoccupied) • Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Walp. (nomen nudum) • Solanum opuliflorum Port. ex Dunal (nomen nudum) • Solanum rogersii S.Moore • Solanum sabeanum Buckley • Solanum subviscidum Schrank • Solanum thouinii C.C.Gmel. • Solanum viscidum Schweigg. • Solanum viscosum Lag. • Solanum xanthacanthum Willd. ex Walp. (nomen nudum) Several forms and varieties have been named, but these are generally not considered distinct today: • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. purpureiflorum Dunal • Solanum sisymbriifolium forma albiflorum Kuntze • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. bipinnatipartitum Dunal • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. brevilobum Dunal • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. gracile Mattos • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. heracleifolium Sendtn. • Solanum sisymbriifolium forma lilacinum Kuntze • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. macrocarpum Kuntze • Solanum sisymbriifolium var. oligospermum (Sendtn.) Dunal ==Distribution==

Native South America • Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru • Brazil • Rio Grande do Sul Introduced Europe • Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom • Italy • Sicily - invasive Asia • Republic of Korea • Bangladesh • Taiwan • Japan • Turkey • India • Gujarat • China • Guangdong, Yunnan Africa • Benin, Kenya, South Africa, Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Namibia North America • Canada • Mexico • United States - ~64% of the country is suitable for S. sisymbriifolium. Predicted to eventually be absent from most of Alaska, Montana, and Wisconsin, and to never enter North Dakota. • Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas • ABSENT from Idaho Oceania • Australia • New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia • New Zealand == Status as an invasive species ==

In South Africa it is listed as a Category 1b invader in the National Environmental Biodiversity Management Act. This means most activities with regards to the species are prohibited and it should be ensured that it does not spread beyond a landowner's domain. ==References==