Solanales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	potato order

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desert thorn apple

A pile of freshly harvested organic potatoes sits on loose soil with a rusty garden fork behind them, set against a blurred background of green and yellow plants.

common morning glory

How is the Scoville scale used to measure spiciness?

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Convolvulus Cuscutaceae Solanaceae Convolvulaceae Evolvulus Ipomoea mandrake dodder bindweed Turbina Lamiales Gentianales Asterales Dipsacales Garryales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous