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I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the solanaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.

Botanical name	Common name	Category	Flowers	Size
Atropa belladonna var. lutea	yellow-flowered deadly nightshade	perennial	yellow (May-June)	3'
Browallia americana	bush violet	annual	blue (spring-summer)	2'
Brugmansia sanguinea	red angel's trumpet	tender perennial (Z9-10)	red (summer)	10'
Capsicum annuum	ornamental peppers	annual	purple	various
Cestrum aurantiacum	yellow cestrum; orange cestrum	perennial/shrub (Z8b-11)	yellow-orange (spring-fall)	6-8'
Datura	angel's trumpet	annual/tender perennial	light purple (summer)	18"
Datura metel 'Black Currant Swirl'	devill's trumpet	tender perennial (Z8-11)	lilac	to 5'
Iochroma cyaneum	blue trumpet flower	shrub (Z9-11)	violet (throughout warm season)	12'
Nicandra physalodes	shoo-fly plant; apple of Peru	annual	blue (summer)	4-6'
Nicotiana glutinosa		tender perennial (Z9-11)	soft rose	24"
Nicotiana hybrids	flowering tobacco	annual	many colors (summer)	2-4'
Nicotiana langsdorffii	flowering tobacco	annual/short-lived perennial	green (summer)	5'
Nicotiana mutabilis	flowering tobacco	perennial (Z8-10)	white/pink	5-6'
Nicotiana sylvestris	ornamental tobacco	annual/tender perennial	white	3-5'
Nicotiana x sanderae 'Baby Bella'	flowering tobacco	tender perennial (Z9-11)	burgundy (summer)	24-30"
Nierembergia gracilis 'Starry Eyes'		perennial (Z8-10)	white/blue	15"
Petunia exserta		tender perennial (Z9b-11)	red (summer-fall)	24"
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata	smooth groundcherry	perennial	yellow	18-30"
Physalis peruviana	Peruvian ground cherry; cape gooseberry	tender perennial	yellow
Salpiglossis sinuata	painted tongue	annual	various colors, summer until frost	2-3'
Schizanthus pinnatus	poor man's orchid	annual	various color combinations	12-18"
Scopolia carniolica	European scopolia	perennial	yellow (April-June)	24"
Solanum aethiopicum	scarlet eggplant	annual	white	to 6'
Solanum atropurpureum	malevolence	tender perennial	white (summer)	6'
Solanum capsicastrum	false Jerusalem cherry	tender perennial (Z9-11)	white	18-24"
Solanum dulcamara	climbing nightshade, bitter nightshade	perennial	purple/yellow (summer)	climbs to 10'
Solanum integrifolium	pumpkin on a stick eggplant	tender perennial (Z9-11)	white	36"
Solanum melongena 'Ping Tung Long'	oriental eggplant	annual vegetable	purple (summer)	24"
Solanum pyracanthon	porcupine tomato	tender perennial	purple (summer)	18-24"
Solanum quitoense	naranjilla	tender shrub	white (late summer)
Solanum rostratum	buffalo bur	annual	yellow (summer-fall)	12-24"
Solanum scabrum	garden huckleberry	annual		36"
Solanum sisymbriifolium	sticky nightshade; wild tomato; litchi tomato	annual	powder blue-white	3'
Solanum virginianum	kantakari; Surrattense nightshade	annual or tender perennial	white (summer)	24"

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