Schwenckia angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It belongs to the genus Schwenckia, a group of herbaceous plants native mainly to tropical regions of the Americas.Barboza G.E., Hunziker A.T., Bernardello G., Cocucci A.A., Moscone A.E., Carrizo Garcia C., Fuentes V., Dillon M.O., Bittrich V., Cosa M.T., Subils R., Romanutti A., Arroyo S., Anton A. (2016) Solanaceae. In: J. W. Kadereit, V. Bittrich (Eds), The families and genera of vascular plants, Vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp 295–357.Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do. S. angustifolia is native to Brazil.
Habitat It grows in open areas and dry tropical environments.Bernardello L.M., Hunziker A.T. (1987) A synoptical revision of Solandra (Solanaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 7, 639–652.
Description Schwenckia angustifolia is hairless, featuring stalkless, linear leaves that are narrowed at the base. It has slender, somewhat panicle-like clusters with widely spaced, nearly stalkless flowers. The calyx is 5-toothed, and the corolla teeth are club-shaped and bristle-like, exceeding the lobes of the sinuses by 2 to 3 times.
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