Lycianthes rantonnetii

Lycianthes rantonnetii subsp. var.

Blue potato bush, Paraguay nightshade

Habit:		shrub
Height:	⇕	to
Width:	⇔	to
	6ft	7ft
Height:	⇕	warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. to 6 ft
Width:	⇔	warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. to 7 ft
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈
Poisonous:	☠
Bloom:	❀

Exposure:	☼	sun
Water:	◍
Features:	✓	flowers
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Minimum Temp:	☃	°Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number.
USDA Zones:		9 to 11
Sunset Zones:
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple

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Lycianthes rantonnetii (Blue Potato Bush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay.^[1]

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Solanum rantonnetii, Carr. (incorrectly spelled S. Rantonnei, Rantonni, etc.) (S. muticum, N. E. Br. S. japonicum, Hort.). An erect bushy grayish green half-shrub, growing 3-5 ft. high, the st. marked with raised lines decurrent from the petioles: lvs. entire, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed to the petiole, mostly acute at the apex, glabrous or inconspicuously pubescent on the upper surface, pubescent with short hairs below: fls. 2-5, together in the axils, 1 in. or more diam.; calyx-lobes with an abrupt linear point, corolla violet with a light yellow center: the red fr. nearly or quite 1 in. diam., heart-shaped, drooping, and very ornamental. Margins of woods in Paraguay and Argentina. Cult. in warm temperate regions of Amer. and Eu.— An excellent plant for blooming in the open in summer. Easily prop. by means of cuttings. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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