Solanaceae

n/a

Small to medium shrub to 1.5 m. Many branched, with shorter side branches sometimes ending in a spine. Funnel-shaped flowers, creamy-white to lilac or sometimes purplish-brown. Fruit a succulent, dull orange-red berry. Flowers from Sep-Feb.

Often in slightly saline or low-lying situations and claypans. Prefers 300 to 450 mm rainfall in the Riverina region.

Collect when fruit mature (red or orange); germinates readily. Also grows from cuttings. Hardy to reasonably heavy frost.

Habitat for small birds. Berries were eaten by First Nations People and are also eaten by small birds.