Solanum stoloniferum (Wild potato) | BCH-ORGA-SCBD-102154 | Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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published: 11 Aug 2011 last updated: 19 Jun 2012
Organism information
Solanum stoloniferum
Kingdom Viridiplantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Order Solanales
Family Solanaceae
Genus Solanum
Species stoloniferum
  • Solanum fendleri
  • Solanum boreale
  • Solanum tuberosum var. boreale
  • Wild potato
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Crops
Wild
Characteristics related to biosafety
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Solanum stoloniferum is one of the most common, widespread, and polymorphic species of wild potatoes from North and Central America.

It can be found among boulders on steep hillsides, sandy alluvial stream bottoms, in gravel along trails or roadways, in thick leaf mulch under trees, at edges of cultivated or fallow fields, along fencerows and railways, in organic moist soil to dry sandy soils, in grasslands, juniper-pinion scrub, desert tropical deciduous forests, to fir, pine, juniper or oak forests.
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Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona, New Mexico, SW Texas); to Oaxaca, Mexico, (1040-) 1440-3400 (-3700) m.
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  • Feed
  • Fiber/textile
  • Food
Additional Information
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