Scientific Name:	Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.	Common Name:	Nightshade, Silverleaf
Scientific Family:		Affiliation:	TCE, TAES, And TTU
Local Names:	Whiteweed	Common Family Name:	Nightshade
Life Cycle:	Perennial >> Creeping	Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Stem Characteristic:	Erect	Stem Type:	Round
Leaf Structure:	Simple	Petiole:	Yes
Leaf Margins:	Entire	Leaf Shape:	Lanceolate To Oblong
Leaf Hairs:	Yes	Flower Color:	Purple Or Bluish
Growth Stage:	Flowering	Environment:	Corn Field, Commercial Vegetables, Cotton Field, CRP, Pastures, Peanut Field, Roadsides, Sorghum Field, Water Ways
Other:	Stems are sparsly covered with short yellow thorns. Leaves and stems are covered with short dense hairs which give the foliage a gray or silver appearance. Fruit is round, yellow to orange berry.