Cut-leaf Kangaroo-apple at Stanley, VIC
Identification history
| Solanum laciniatum | 13 Jun 2025 | JasonPStewart | ||
| Solanum laciniatum | 13 Jun 2025 | JasonPStewart | ||
| Solanum aviculare | 13 Jun 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Solanum aviculare | 11 Dec 2023 | Tapirlord | ||
| Unverified | 11 Dec 2023 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
quite tall. Looks like some kind of Solanum.
5 comments
JasonPStewart
wrote:
13 Jun 2025
@MichaelMulvaney and Ciaran @Tapirlord : Corolla lobes really notched : _Solanum laciniatum_ .
Relevant VicFlora photographs identified by the National Herbarium of Vic.:
→ https://vicflora-cdn.rbg.vic.gov.au/assets/canto/highestres/c7h7bvh7ah5a7eapuuvqn7366b-20240328111636908.jpg
→ https://vicflora-cdn.rbg.vic.gov.au/assets/canto/highestres/8kje6410vp1q3dd9l0i4e2bh4c-20240329121250953.jpg
Just In case you're thinking about the shapes of the leaves,
leaves shapes do not identify these two species either way – really variable in various conditions.
References:
• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
Botanical key to species in Vic.: → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/key/2575 .
VicFlora: Royal Botanic Gardens Vic. : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet: PlantNET
(The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Genus page including botanical key to species in NSW: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Solanum#24
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
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Relevant VicFlora photographs identified by the National Herbarium of Vic.:
→ https://vicflora-cdn.rbg.vic.gov.au/assets/canto/highestres/c7h7bvh7ah5a7eapuuvqn7366b-20240328111636908.jpg
→ https://vicflora-cdn.rbg.vic.gov.au/assets/canto/highestres/8kje6410vp1q3dd9l0i4e2bh4c-20240329121250953.jpg
Just In case you're thinking about the shapes of the leaves,
leaves shapes do not identify these two species either way – really variable in various conditions.
References:
• Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
Botanical key to species in Vic.: → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/key/2575 .
VicFlora: Royal Botanic Gardens Vic. : → https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet: PlantNET
(The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Genus page including botanical key to species in NSW: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Solanum#24
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
13 Jun 2025
Thanks Jason - I did'n't notice the notches on the corolla - was distracted by the lobe extensions on the leaves
Cheers Michael
Cheers Michael
Tapirlord
wrote:
13 Jun 2025
Thanks Jason. Nowadays I would agree with you. Note that my suggestion is from a couple of years ago.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.738744-36.365963
- Altitude 660.0m
- Places Stanley, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Dec 2023 11:02 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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KylieWaldon NatureMapr Other Shrubs Plants Solanum laciniatum
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Solanum laciniatum Scientific name
- Cut-leaf Kangaroo-apple Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 660m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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