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White potato bush 'Alba' - Lycianthes rantonnetii Introduced ornamental plant<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/101760/white_potato_bush_alba_-_lycianthes_rantonnetii_carierre_ex_lescuyer_bitter.html" title="White potato bush &#039;Alba&#039; - Lycianthes rantonnetii (Carierre ex Lescuyer) Bitter"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1332/101760_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=cI0QuL0Qnd417CMUF6fxWG38NYc%3D" width="200" height="152" alt="White potato bush &#039;Alba&#039; - Lycianthes rantonnetii (Carierre ex Lescuyer) Bitter Introduced ornamental plant<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/101759/white_potato_bush_alba_-_lycianthes_rantonnetii.html Blue potato bush,Central Macedonia,Eudicot,Europe,Flowering Plant,Geotagged,Greece,Lycianthes rantonnetii,Magnoliophyta,Nightshades,Plantae,Solanaceae,Solanales,Solanum rantonnetii,Summer,White potato bush,Wildlife" /></a></figure> Blue potato bush,Central Macedonia,Eudicot,Europe,Flowering Plant,Geotagged,Greece,Lycianthes rantonnetii,Magnoliophyta,Nightshades,Plantae,Solanaceae,Solanales,Solanum rantonnetii,Summer,White potato bush,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Beautiful potato bush but no potato’s i think. Posted 4 years ago
    1. No, no potatoes. I don't know why it is called it Potato bush! Posted 4 years ago

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''Lycianthes rantonnetii'', the blue potato bush or Paraguay nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to South America. Growing to about 6 ft tall and broad, it is a rounded evergreen shrub with a somewhat lax habit. A profusion of trumpet-shaped, bright blue-purple flowers with a prominent yellow eye appear in summer, followed by red berries. It is widely cultivated and may be hardy in mild or coastal areas. Alternatively it can be grown in a.. more

Similar species: Solanales
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Sep 20, 2020. Captured Sep 14, 2020 10:26 in 3i Paraliaki Aggelοy Goyta 49, Volvi 570 21, Greece.
  • E-M1MarkIII
  • f/4.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO250
  • 95mm