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
Solonaceae
Location: NE of concrete lined ditch, SE end of Campden Circle--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Some shade. Above average moisture. Deep, alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Annual, to 75 cm high, rounded, much branched, heavily armed with straight prickles. Leaves crenulate, lobed, to twice pinnatified. Corolla showy (yellow), campanulate, to 25 mm dia. Fruit not seen.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 4, 1987
Specimen number: 203
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0446
Accession Date: Jul 27, 1993
Accession Number: 36
Annotations: SCFRB