Carolina Horsenettle

Solanum carolinense var. carolinense

Native status unresolved in Georgia

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

64CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · Solanum

Abagrotis alternataGreater Red Dart, Mottled Grey Cutworm
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Agrotis malefidaRascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cut-Worm, Shagreened Cut-Worm
Agrotis vetustaOld Man Dart
Amyna strictaEight-Spot Moth
Anicla infectaGreen Cutworm Moth
Anomis flavaTropical Anomis Moth
Automeris ioIo Moth
Autoplusia egenaBean-Leaf Skeletonizer Moth

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Bellura obliquaCattail Border Moth, Cattail Diver
Chloridea subflexaSubflexus Straw, Groundcherry Sun Moth
Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Clepsis peritanaGarden Tortrix
Diaphania hyalinataMelonworm Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Enigmogramma basigeraPink-Washed Looper Moth
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Euxoa detersaRubbed Dart, Sandhill Cutworm
Euzophera ostricolorellaTulip-Tree Borer, Root Collar borer
Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Frumenta nundinellaMottled Twirler
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
Herpetogramma bipunctalisSouthern Beet Webworm, Two-Spotted Herpetogramma
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hymenia perspectalisSpotted Beet Webworm
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Keiferia glochinellaEgg Plant Leaf-Miner, Tomato Leaf-Folder
Keiferia inconspicuellaEgg Plant Leaf-Miner, Tomato Leaf-Folder
Lascoria orneodalisEnigmatic Moth
Lineodes integraEggplant Leafroller
Lipocosma sicalisBrown-Banded Lipocosmodes
Manduca quinquemaculatusFive-Spotted Hawkmoth, Tomato Hornworm
Manduca sextaCarolina Sphinx, Tomatoe Sphinx, Tobacco Hornworm
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Papaipema nelitaConeflower Borer
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Rhectocraspeda periusalisEggplant Webworm
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera albulaWhite-Spotted Armyworm, Gray-Streaked Armyworm
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Symmetrischema striatellaStreaked Twirler
Synanthedon rileyanaRiley's Clearwing
Trichoplusia niNi Moth, Cabbage Looper Moth
Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Isophrictis similiella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

37BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Solanum

Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
Alectoris chukarChukar
Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
Catharus minimus/bicknelliGray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail
Haemorhous mexicanusHouse Finch

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Ixoreus naeviusVaried Thrush
Junco hyemalisDark-eyed Junco
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Melospiza melodiaSong Sparrow
Melozone crissalisCalifornia Towhee
Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca
Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Pheucticus ludovicianusRose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalusBlack-headed Grosbeak
Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
Spinus psaltriaLesser Goldfinch
Spizella passerinaChipping Sparrow
Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: SOLANACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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