Pronunciation: so-LAY-num el-ee-ag-ni-FO-lee-um
Common name: Silverleaf horse-nettle
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade)
Habitat: Common invasive weed in dry disturbed
places and fields, native to cent. U.S. and northern
Mexico but resident in Southern California
Blooming period: May to September
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Solanum
2) elaeagnifolium