Carolina Horsenettle

Common Name:
Carolina Horsenettle
Botanical Name:
Solanum carolinense
Family:
Solanaceae
Light:
Full sun
Soil:
Not particular about soil

Hardiness Zone:
USDA Zone 4 – 8
Propagation:
Seed
Flower Time – Southern Indiana:
July
Plant Height:
Twelve to thirty six inches
Flower Color:
White
Type:
Perennial

Twenty Early Spring Wildflowers - Abe Edwards

Puzzle photo

Carolina Horsenettle is erect with a branched stem with white or yellow thorns. The thorns can break off in the skin and be very painful. The leaves are up to six inchs long and three inches wide. They are dagger shaped with widely cut margins. The stems end in clusters of star shaped white flowers.

This native American wildflower is found mostly in disturbed habitats like roadsides, gardens, woodland margins, abandoned fields

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