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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Solanaceae
Solanum rostratum Dunal
buffalo-bur, buffalo-bur nightshade
Solanum: Latin for "quieting," in reference to the narcotic properties of some species
rostratum: beaked
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 12"-40" tall forb, coarse, branched; stems very prickly |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1" wide, saucer-shaped; inflorescence a short-stalked cluster (raceme) of 3-15 stalked flowers that becomes up to 6" long with age |
| Fruit: | berry with a very prickly covering |
| Leaf: | leaves with yellow spines, larger leaves deeply pinnately-lobed |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies |
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