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Solanum nelsonii

Dunal (1852)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Genus: Solanum

‘ākia (Ni‘ihau), pōpolo [popolo]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Sprawling or trailing shrubs up to 1 m tall, forming clumps up to 1.5 m in diameter, unarmed, with intraxylary phloem.

Stems: Young stems densely pubescent with stellate hairs.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades broadly ovate to orbicular, often 3–4 cm long, 2.5–3 cm wide. Apex rounded or acute. Base rounded to cordate, often oblique. Surfaces of young leaves densely pubescent with stellate hairs, grayish green. Margins entire, occasionally with shallow rounded lobes (juvenile phase?). Petioles 0.5–1.2 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in racemose cymes occasionally divided from an upper internodal position, peduncles up to 5 cm long, pedicels ca. 10 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx deeply divided, the lobes sometimes unequal, triangular, 4–5 mm long, including Calyx tube of 2 mm long. Corolla white, tinged with lavender to pale purple, stellate, the lobes ca. 12 mm long, apex acute. Stamens (4)5, inserted on corolla tube; filaments ca. 1.5 mm long, flattened below; anthers yellow, flushed purple, or purple, sigmoid, ca. 4 mm long, opening by apical pores. Ovary superior, bluntly conical, ca. 2 mm long, densely pubescent above; ovule placentation axile; style 1, erect, ca. 5 mm long, densely pubescent in lower part; stigma apical, shortly 2-lobed.

Fruit: Berries 1–4 in clusters; usually black when mature (2 reports of red from Nihoa); globose; ca. 1 cm in diameter; pedicels and calyx not much enlarged. Seeds numerous; flattened; subreniform; 3–4 mm long; minutely reticulate; embryo curved; submarginal; endosperm present.

Ploidy: 2n = 24*

Habitat: Coastal sites in coral rubble to pure sand.

Elevation Range: Up to 150 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Mokupāpapa (Kure atoll) Endemic
Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Endemic
Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Endemic
Kaua'i Endemic
Manawai (Pearl & Hermes Atoll) Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Kamole(Laysan Island) Endemic
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic
Nihoa Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Prodr. 13(1): 123 (1852)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1273 (Ku, Mi, PH, La, N, Ni, K, O, Mo, M, H); Starr & Starr 2013b (Note: La population reintroduced from PH after natural population destroyed by rabbits in early 1900s); Starr & Starr 2013b/Bryan s.n. BISH 70050 (La†, 1903); Matt Keir pers. comm. 2025/Nuttall s.n. BM (K†, 1835); Matt Keir pers. comm. 2025/Hillebrand 1888 (O†, 1855); Zach Pezzillo pers. comm. 2025/Wilkes s.n. US 89864 (M†, 1840)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sand flats Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 27050 Molokai BISH 1953-03-09
2 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Aa desert Preserved_Specimen fls. white with purple center. Degener, O. 7369 Hawaii BISH 1929-09-16
3 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Under Prosopis thicket Preserved_Specimen Low shrub, branches arching 1-1.5 m. long. lvs soft cinereous, fl. white anthers violet, fr. said to be black St.John, H. 22731 Niihau BISH 1947-08-12
4 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing throughout central plain as single plants and in large clumps with Tribulus, Lepidium, Eragrostis, Sicyos, Boerhavia, and extending to beach. Preserved_Specimen Woody or shrubby herb, 0.4 m tall, with purple and white flowers and black fruits. Young, A.L. 125 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1964-08-20
5 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sandy headland Preserved_Specimen Trailing vine, fl. lavender-tinged at base; fr. black, broadly ellipsoid. St.John, H. 19962 Molokai BISH 1939-01-03
6 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on inland coral sand dunes Preserved_Specimen trailing St.John, H. 23482 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
7 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details From Holotype sheet: Scattered all over island Preserved_Specimen From Holotype: Half-scandent bush, +/- 1 m. Flower white, purple streaks. Fruit 1-1 1/2 cm diam., red. Caum, E.L. 68 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-19
8 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Central plain and openings nearby. Rare elsewhere. Preserved_Specimen Woody vine, prostrate. Flower purple, +/- 1 cm diam. Fruit not seen. Caum, E.L. 12 Kure Atoll BISH 1923-04-18
9 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sand dunes. Preserved_Specimen Aidem, J. Molokai BISH 1972-02-17
10 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered all over island Preserved_Specimen Half scandent bush, hgt ±1 m. Fruit 1-1 1/2 cm., black. Very similar to no. 68 except for color of fruit. Caum, E.L. 84 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-19
11 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In coral rubble in central portions of both eastern and western halves of the islet, with Tribulus, Portulaca, & Boerhavia. Preserved_Specimen Forming mat-like shrubs with a diameter of 2 - 3 feet, most individuals underminded by shearwater burrows. Fls. pale violet, fruits purple, turning brown at maturity. Carlquist, S. 2333 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1966-09-25
12 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details ± common at edges of & under Scaevola Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 1878 Kure Atoll BISH 1961-09-12
13 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Under Prosopis thicket Preserved_Specimen Low shrub, branches arching 1-1.5 m. long, lvs. soft cinereous, fl. white anthers violet, fr. said to be black. St.John, H. 22731 Niihau BISH 1947-08-12
14 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Central plain and openings nearby. Rare elsewhere. Preserved_Specimen Woody vine, prostrate. Flower purple, +/- 1 cm diam. Fruit not seen. Caum, E.L. 12 Kure Atoll BISH 1923-04-18
15 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated area Preserved_Specimen Shrub 40 cm high, branches erect-decumbent. Leaves pale grayish green. Fruit globose, shiny, green mottles with black spots when ripe. Lorence, D.H. 10982 Kauai BISH 2023-05-11
16 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in sand dunes with Sporobolus, Sida and Heliotropium Preserved_Specimen Trailing shrub with velvety golden tomentum. Corolla deep purple with reddish median stripe and lilac at edges Nagata, K.M. 1534 Molokai BISH 1978-01-27
17 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered all over island Preserved_Specimen From Holotype: Half scandent, bush. Fruit 1-1 1/2 cm., black. Flowers white, purple veins. Caum, E.L. 84 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-19
18 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rocky gulch, shallow soil, Preserved_Specimen Judd, C.S. 7 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-20
19 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing with Boerhavia repens, Tribulus cistoides, Eragrostis paupera, on coral rubble.. Plants occur in depressions previously used for wedge-tailed shearwater burrows (?). Preserved_Specimen Upright, 0.5 m tall. Kwon, J. Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 2018-10-15
20 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trailing on coral sand dunes Preserved_Specimen corolla blue, fading to nearly white. St.John, H. 23489 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
21 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered all over island Preserved_Specimen Half-scandent bush, +/- 1 m. Flower white, purple streaks. Fruit 1-1 1/2 cm diam., red. Caum, E.L. 68 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-19
22 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing with Boerhavia repens, Lepturus repens, Portulaca spp., Heliotropium foertherianum, Scaevola sericea. Preserved_Specimen Upright to prostrate, 0.5 m tall; 18-20 individuals in Boerhavia-Lepturus association with wedge-tailed shearwater burrows. Kwon, J. Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 2018-10-16
23 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details central open plain Preserved_Specimen Clay, H.F. Kure Atoll BISH 1959-10-03
24 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ergrostis variabilis, Sida fallax, Pritchardia remota, Sesbania tomentosa, Chenopodium, Chamaeyce celastroides, Tribulus cistoides, Heliotropium curassavicum, Schiedea verticillata, Portulaca villosa Preserved_Specimen 1-1.5 m shrub; fruit Perlman, S. 19293 Nihoa BISH 2004-08-30
25 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Colony size n=34 arrayed along the wind-sheared margin of a Prosopis stand Preserved_Specimen Creeping stems extending from a central woody base, all plants prostrate. Every cutting from a separate individual, samples selected from the largest specimens in order to minimize the relative impact of collection. Imada, C. 1000 Molokai BISH 1986-10-30
26 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details found in an open area among Scaevola shrubs Preserved_Specimen low herb Long, C.R. 2245 Kure Atoll BISH 1964-09-14
27 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Creeping over arid coastal limestone rocks. Preserved_Specimen Petals on outside yellowish white with faint purplish tinge shining through from inside. Petals on inside very faint purple but midrib bright purple. Anthers yellowish purple. Fruit black. Degener, O. 7371 Molokai BISH 1928-04-19
28 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered all over island Preserved_Specimen Half scandent bush, hgt ±1 m. Fruit 1-1 1/2 cm., black. Flowers white, purple veins. Very similar to no. 68 except for color of fruit. Caum, E.L. 84 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-19
29 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details From Holotype sheet: Central plain and openings nearby. Rare elsewhere. Preserved_Specimen From Holotype: Woody vine, prostrate. Flower purple, +/- 1 cm diam. Fruit not seen. Caum, E.L. 12 Kure Atoll BISH 1923-04-18
30 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In association with Leucaena, Waltheria, Ipomoea, Catharanthus. Soil-coral sand with small lava stones and coral chunks. Preserved_Specimen Purple veination on white flowers Croft, L.K. 110 Hawaii BISH 1977-11-25
31 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Euphorbia. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 2424 Nihoa BISH 1964-09-23
32 Solanum nelsonii In area near bay, immediately before Ahuloa Pt. 35 ft. from jeep road, 75-50 ft. from shore. Kaulanamauna Ahuapuaa In association with Leucaena, Waltheria, Ipomoea, Catharanthus. Soil-coral sand with small lava stones and coral chunks Preserved_Specimen Purple veination on white flowers Croft, L.K. 110 Hawaii BISH 1977-11-25
33 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common, sometimes in nearly pure stands, or associated with Tribulus and/or Eragrostis. Preserved_Specimen Small shrub; flowers white with purple anthers. Herbst, D.R. 6566 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1980-07-05
34 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details trailing on sand dunes Preserved_Specimen fl. purple-blue, pendent. St.John, H. 25155 Molokai BISH 1953-12-21
35 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In coral sand near beach, Preserved_Specimen Depressed shrub, fruit black St.John, H. 23621 Niihau BISH 1949-03-31
36 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details common on dunes of coral sand. Preserved_Specimen prostrate, forming loose mats, flowers lavender, anthers purple, strongly curved, tips pointing inward but not connivent; fruit black and very bitter when ripe, mostly borne below leaves. Fosberg, F.R. 29609 Molokai BISH 1948-02-23
37 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered throughout island with Boerhavia, Tribulus, Setaria. Preserved_Specimen Flowers lavender and white, fruits black. Shrub 0.2 m. tall. Young, A.L. 101 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1964-08-17
38 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing with Boerhavia repens, Lepturus repens, Tribulus cistoides, Portulaca spp., Heliotropium foertherianum scattered. Preserved_Specimen Upright, 0.5 m tall; 15-20 individuals. Kwon, J. Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 2018-10-16
39 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In coral sand near beach, Preserved_Specimen Depressed shrub, fruit black St.John, H. 23621 Niihau BISH 1949-03-31
40 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated vegetation: Lepidium bidentatum var. o-waihiense, Eragrostis variabilis, Lepturus repens, Boerhavia repens, Tribulus cistoides. Preserved_Specimen Johnson, D. 9906131 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1999-06-13
41 Solanum nelsonii In area near bay, immediately before Ahuloa Pt. 35 ft. from jeep road, 75-50 ft. from shore. Kaulanamauna Ahuapuaa In association with Leucaena, Waltheria, Ipomoea, Catharanthus. Soil-coral sand with small lava stones and coral chunks Preserved_Specimen Purple veination on white flowers Croft, L.K. 110 Hawaii BISH 1977-11-25
42 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details sandy headland Preserved_Specimen trailing vine; fl. lavender-tinged at base; fr. black, broadly ellipsoid St.John, H. 19962 Molokai BISH 1939-01-03
43 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated with Sida fallax, Chenopodium oahuense, and Sesbania tomentosa. Preserved_Specimen Low shrub; flowers with white petals and purple anthers. Herbst, D.R. 6544 Nihoa BISH 1980-07-27
44 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on sand dune. Preserved_Specimen Shinsato, H. Molokai BISH 1958-12-01
45 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on limestone sand mound 1 mile S of beach Preserved_Specimen Pekelo Jr., N. 7 Molokai BISH 1973-01-01
46 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated with Tribulus and Boerhavia. Common. Preserved_Specimen Small shrub; flowers white with purple anthers. Herbst, D.R. 6459 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1980-07-05
47 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on inland coral sand dunes Preserved_Specimen trailing St.John, H. 23482 Molokai BISH 1948-12-24
48 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dominant species on Nihoa in less steep areas. Vegetation: Abundant and widespread in gradually sloping to flat areas of ridges, valley walls, and the plateau region of Nihoa Island on open soil with loose rocks, With Sida fallax and scattered Eragrostis variabilis. Occasional Sesbania tomentosa and Panicum torridum in small openings. Preserved_Specimen semi-scandent shrub, forming thick cover. Difficult to tell one individual from next.. Less than 1/2 m tall. Flwrs: White with purple streaks at base. Frts: Red Bruegmann, M.M. 3034 Nihoa BISH 2015-06-08
49 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In shallow soil, rocky hillside. Preserved_Specimen Low shrub. Height 0.3 m. Flowers white with purple. Conant, S. 102 Nihoa BISH 1983-04-22
50 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Fairly common in small openings in Scaevola throughout island. Also in central plain. Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 2770 Kure Atoll BISH 1964-08-14
51 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on edge of the raised limestone plain. Always growing within 100 ft. of the seaward edge of the plain. Preserved_Specimen Approximately 100 plants counted in a 1/4 mile stretch, rare elsewhere. Flowers white with attractive purple streaks. Fruits purplish-black, strongly staining. Hobdy, R.W. 2372 Molokai BISH 1985-04-23
52 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Up to 0.4 m. ht., flowers purple, fruits black. Conant, S. 199 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1983-08-10
53 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub with white flowers Herbst, D.R. 1210 Nihoa BISH 1968-08-26
54 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Euphorbia. Preserved_Specimen Long, C.R. 2424 Nihoa BISH 1964-09-23
55 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen fls. white with purple veins. Forbes, C.N. 607 Molokai BISH 1915-03-24
56 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen fls white w. purple veins. Forbes, C.N. 607 Molokai BISH 1915-03-24
57 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen This herb was growing on both the east and west portions of the island. It was in fruit. Long, C.R. 2275 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1964-09-16
58 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Low shrub growing on sides of valley. Flowers with white petals and purple anthers. Herbst, D.R. 6555 Nihoa BISH 1980-07-27
59 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Nelson, D. BISH 1779-01-01
60 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 14016 Molokai BISH 1918-05-20
61 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Up to 0.4 m. ht., flowers purple, fruits black. Conant, S. 199 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1983-08-10
62 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Low shrub; flowers white with purple anthers. Herbst, D.R. 6486 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1980-07-07
63 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. 49 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1923-04-27
64 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Not abundant Bryan, W.A. Laysan Island BISH 1903-04-01
65 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 6281 Kure Atoll BISH 1979-01-04
66 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yen, D.E. 1018 Nihoa BISH 1969-05-01
67 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in sand dunes with Sporobolus, Sida and Heliotropium Preserved_Specimen Trailing shrub with velvety golden tomentum. Corolla deep purple with reddish median stripe and lilac at edges. Nagata, K.M. 1534 Molokai BISH 1978-01-27
68 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On sand dune inland. Preserved_Specimen Native. Flowers are light purple. Al-Bayer, S. Kure Atoll BISH 2018-09-21
69 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated with Chamaesyce degeneri, Lipochaeta integrifolia, Tetramolopium, Panicum. Preserved_Specimen Occasional sub-shrub; foliage pale gray-brown-green. Herbst, D.R. 2949 Molokai BISH 1973-04-03
70 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common in almost pure stands, or associated with Tribulus, Boerhavia, Eragrostis and Lepidium. Preserved_Specimen Small shrub; flowers white with purple anthers. Herbst, D.R. 6474 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1980-07-06
71 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. 49 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1923-04-27
72 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Yen, D.E. 1018 Nihoa BISH 1969-05-01
73 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-03-01
74 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-03-01
75 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Niihau BISH 1939-11-01
76 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1982-05-17
77 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Schauinsland, H.H. Laysan Island BISH 1896-07-14
78 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bryan, W.A. Laysan Island BISH 1903-04-01
79 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Burr, T. Kure Atoll BISH 1978-04-20
80 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. Nihoa BISH 1964-03-06
81 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Nuttall, T. Kauai BISH
82 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 442 BISH 1851-01-01
83 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Schauinsland, H.H. Laysan Island BISH 1896-07-14
84 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-03-01
85 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Summers, C.C. Molokai BISH 1983-01-03
86 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bryan, W.A. Laysan Island BISH 1903-04-01
87 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 111 Molokai BISH 1912-06-01
88 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 1879 Kure Atoll BISH 1961-09-12
89 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Summers, C.C. Molokai BISH 1984-08-22
90 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Molokai BISH 1982-05-17
91 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Summers, C.C. Molokai BISH 1983-06-07
92 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing with Myoporum Preserved_Specimen Shrub 24 - 36 inches tall. Higashino, P.K. 6516 Hawaii BISH 1977-07-08
93 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Colony size n=34 arrayed along the wind-sheared margin of a Prosopis stand Preserved_Specimen Creeping stems extending from a central woody base, all plants prostrate. Every cutting from a separate individual, samples selected from the largest specimens in order to minimize the relative impact of collection. Imada, C. 1000 Molokai BISH 1986-10-30
94 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details From Holotype sheet: Scattered all over island Preserved_Specimen From Holotype: Half-scandent bush, +/- 1 m. Flower white, purple streaks. Fruit 1-1 1/2 cm diam., red. Caum, E.L. 68 Nihoa BISH 1923-06-19
95 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Coral sand dry. Preserved_Specimen Height 60 cm. Wilder, G.P. 5 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1923-05-18
96 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In sandy soil. Preserved_Specimen Low shrub; no flower. Conant, S. 144 Pearl & Hermes Atoll BISH 1983-07-21
97 Solanum nelsonii Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dominant species on Nihoa in less steep areas. Vegetation: Abundant and widespread in gradually sloping to flat areas of ridges, valley walls, and the plateau region of Nihoa Island on open soil with loose rocks, With Sida fallax and scattered Eragrostis variabilis. Occasional Sesbania tomentosa and Panicum torridum in small openings. Preserved_Specimen semi-scandent shrub, forming thick cover. Difficult to tell one individual from next.. Less than 1/2 m tall. Flwrs: White with purple streaks at base. Frts: Black. Bruegmann, M.M. 3038 Nihoa BISH 2015-06-08
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