| Author | Sendtner | |
| Distribution | Apparently restricted to the Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain. A specimen from Pender County appears have glabrous stems and branches and needs an ID check.
Native of South America; in N.A. PA to MO south to NC and AR. | |
| Abundance | Rare and probably overlooked as the native S. emulans/ptycanthum. | |
| Habitat | Campus weed, weed in tree planting, border of athletic field, cropfied, garden weed, roadside, disturbed woods post-fire (Union Co.). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-October. | |
| Identification | Hairy Nightshade has rather densely hairy stems, branches, and leafstalks. Thus, it is similar to the native and coastalS. pseudogracile, but it has a black berry (vs. a yellow-green berry) and occurs inland (vs. maritime in S. pseudogracile). | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-emp | | |
