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Purple Nightshade
Solanum xanti
Solanaceae

Solanum - plant, the nightshade;

it is derived from Solor (to comfort, ease), and testifies to the
medicinal power of this group of plants.

Species named for John Xanthus, 19th century Hungarian botanist

Caliente-Bodfish Road

Mtn99, R-Ranch boundary