Index / Search / Solanum rostratum
§1 Plant
Solanum rostratum Dunal
vernacular buffalobur nightshade — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Solanum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 865 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 865 counties across 38 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Carroll 05015
- Craighead 05031
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
Colorado view state ↗ 22 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Putnam 17155
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Hamilton 18057
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Porter 18127
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wells 18179
Iowa view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 19003
- Allamakee 19005
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Ringgold 19159
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 105 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Banner 31007
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dakota 31043
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Franklin 39049
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Marion 39101
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Oklahoma view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Canadian 40017
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Garfield 40047
- Garvin 40049
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 103 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Aransas 48007
- Archer 48009
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Coleman 48083
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Denton 48121
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Edwards 48137
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Floyd 48153
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hill 48217
- Hockley 48219
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Karnes 48255
- Lamb 48279
- Lampasas 48281
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Menard 48327
- Mills 48333
- Mitchell 48335
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Terrell 48443
- Titus 48449
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Williamson 48491
- Wood 48499
- Yoakum 48501
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SORO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2929800 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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