Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Solanum rostratum
Solanum rostratum Dunal
Buffalo Bur, Buffalo Bur Nightshade, Buffalobur Nightshade
Solanaceae (Potato Family)
USDA Symbol: SOROUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (W)
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Specimen & Label Data
Solanum rostratum
Buffalo bur
Solanaceae
Location: 100' from S.W. corner of Northwest Pky and Silicon.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun, gravelly soil w/ Poaceae and Solanum eleaganifolium. Few scattered plants.
Description: Annual herb; stems/leaves spiney; flowers yellow, tubular; lobes five and pointed; fruit a capsule, spiny with many small black seed. Plant compact.
County: Bexar
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: Sept. 9, 1991
Specimen number: 118
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0128
Accession Date: Dec. 16, 1991
Accession Number: 12
Annotations: SCFXB