The Lady Of The Night
Brunfelsia americana
Also known as Today & Tomarrow Plant
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify The Lady Of The Night
Identify The Lady Of The Night by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Solanaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is The Lady Of The Night.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Brunfelsia americana
- Genus
- Brunfelsia
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Solanaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for The Lady Of The Night itself; the rest are typical of the Solanaceae family — flowering plants only.
About The Lady Of The Night
The Lady of the night (Brunfelsia americana) is a shrub in the Solanaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand and West Bengal. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
The Lady Of The Night belongs to the Solanaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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