Solanum dimidiatum
Solanaceae
alternate
petiolate
lobed
simple
elliptic, lanceolate, ovate
forb
blue, purple, white
May - October
0.0 - 1.0
No
Armed
native
perennial
Warm season
6
The following information is for the genus Solanum: Animals that eat its fruit: Wood duck, Sora rail, Eastern white-winged dove, Bobwhite quail, Wild turkey, Cardinal, Catbird, Eastern meadowlark, Mockingbird, Fox sparrow, Golden-crowned sparrow, Swamp sparrow, White-crowned sparrow, Hermit thrush, Brown towee, Raccoon, Eastern skunk, Spotted skunk. Animals that eat its fruit and leaves: Pocket gopher, Moles, Pocket mouse (Martin et al. 1951).
A rare species in Louisiana. Those plants collected in south Louisiana were on railroad prairie remnants and may have been adventive.
Fields, open woodlands, pastures, waste places, sandy or light soils.