Jaltomata aspera

Jaltomata aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Subfamily:	Solanoideae
Tribe:	Solaneae
Genus:	Jaltomata
Species:	J. aspera
Binomial name
	Jaltomata aspera ; (Ruiz & Pav.) T. Mione & F. G. Coe
Synonyms
	Atropa aspera Ruiz & Pav.; Hebecladus asperus (Ruiz & Pav.) Miers; Saracha ciliata Miers; Saracha lacrima-virginis Bitter; Saracha urbaniana Bitter & Dammer; Ulticona aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) Raf.; Witheringia ciliata (Miers) Miers;

Jaltomata aspera is a plant species native to Peru. It grows on rocky hillsides at elevations less than 1800 m.^[2]

Jaltomata aspera is a shrub up to 2 m tall. It has solitary, hanging flowers, greenish-yellow in color with blood-red nectar. Fruits are orange to white.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Tropicos
^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
^ Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.
^ McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
^ Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University

[1] Tropicos

[2] Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.

[3] Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.

[4] McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.

[5] Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University

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