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SOLANACEAE, Nightshade Family

Plants of the Nightshade family seen in Anza-Borrego include:

Desert Thornapple, Datura discolor
Western Jimson Weed, Datura wrightii

Waterjacket, Lycium andersonii
Common Desert Thorn, Lycium brevipes var. brevipes

Coyote Tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata
Desert Tobacco, Nicotiana obtusifolia
Indian Tobacco, Nicotiana quadrivalvis

Greene's Ground-Cherry, Physalis crassifolia

Chaparral Nightshade, Solanum xanti

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