This introduced groundcover
is commonly known as
blackberry nightshade.
Solanum americanum
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Solanaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 30 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran Beach, Burrum Heads, Wondunna, Point Vernon, Prawle, Tiaro, Craignish, Howard, Doongul, Booral, Urangan, Urraween, Pialba, River Heads, Yengarie, Toogoom, Bidwill, Maryborough, Tinana, Tuan Forest, Teddington, Kawungan, Gundiah, Granville, Bauple Forest, Great Sandy Strait, Bauple, Talegalla Weir, Walligan, Takura.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
