Solanum neorossii

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum neorossii

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum neorossii is a species found in northern Argentina, close to the Bolivian border.  It was first described in 1983 from materials collected in 1966 (Hawkes 1983). The […]

Solanum multiinterruptum

A black and white photo of a tray of Solanum brevicaule tubers. They are about 1 to 2 inches long, oval, and similar in form to baking potatoes.

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum multiinterruptum is a wild potato species from northern Peru.  Plants to about three and a half feet tall.  Flowers blue/purple or white.  Berries small and ovoid. The […]

Solanum mochiquense

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum mochiquense

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum mochiquense is a lowland Peruvian species of relatively limited distribution. (It is not lost on me that the species is named for a location in Ecuador but […]

Solanum minutifoliolum

Aerial plant of the wild potato species Solanum minutifoliolum

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum minutifoliolum is a species of small distribution in central Ecuador, growing at elevations of 8,200 to 9,800 feet (2500 to 3000 m).  Plants grow to about three […]

Solanum microdontum

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum microdontum

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum microdontum is primarily a Bolivian species, extending into northern Argentina.  Plants up to three feet tall.  Stolons three feet long or more.  Tubers small, less than an […]

Solanum medians

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum medians

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum medians is a wild potato species native to central and southern Peru, just barely reaching into Chile.  Plants reach about two feet tall.  Flowers purple.  Berries large, […]

Solanum malmeanum

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum malmeanum

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum malmeanum is a wild potato from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.  Very little has been written about this species, due in part to the fact that it […]

Solanum lobbianum

A black and white photo of a tray of Solanum brevicaule tubers. They are about 1 to 2 inches long, oval, and similar in form to baking potatoes.

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum lobbianum is a species of very small distribution in Ecuador and possibly Colombia.  Tubers small and whitish. The specific epithet, lobbianum, honors William Lobb, a British plant […]

Solanum limbaniense

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum limbaniense

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum limbaniense (limbaniense for the Limbani region of the Sandia province of Peru) is a species with a small distribution in southern Peru, very near to the Bolivian […]

Solanum lignicaule

Tubers of the wild potato species Solanum lignicaule

Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum lignicaule is a species with a small distribution in southern Peru. The specific epithet, lignicaule, means “woody stem,” referring to the tendency of the lowest part of […]