J20151001-0021—Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride'—RPBG Plant Sale

Solanum xanti 'Mountain Pride'—chaparral nightshade. Solanum xanti is grows in most of California except for the Great Valley and Cascade Range. Continues southward into Baja California and eastward into Nevada. The cultivar 'Mountain Pride' was collected because of its large flowers from the mountains surrounding Santa Barbara following the 2008 fires. Despite advice in certain ethnobotanical and herbal texts it is best to avoid eating the berries or leaves for, like all nightshades, the plant is poison. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Parks near Berkeley, CA

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