Solanum ashbyae
# Solanum ashbyae

Solanum ashbyae is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The specific epithet ashbyae honours botanical illustrator and plant collector Alison Ashby.

## Description

Its growth form is that of an erect shrub, 0.5–2.5 m in height. It produces blue to purple flowers from April to August.

## Distribution and habitat

It occurs on red sand or clay soils on rock outcrops and stony rises in the Gascoyne, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions.

