72; see text Nolana (Peruvian bell flower) is a genus of hard annual or perennial plants in the nightshade family.

Species in this genus, especially N. paradoxa, serve as a model system for studies on flower color.

[2][3] There are a number of synonyms for Nolana: Alibrexia, Alona, Aplocarya, Bargemontia, Dolia, Gubleria, Leloutrea, Neudorfia, Osteocarpus, Periloba, Rayera, Sorema, Teganium, Tula, Velpeaulia, Walkeria, and Zwingera.

[1] Nolana is the only genus in the Solanaceae which has a fruit composed of mericarps, although its flower and other vegetative morphology is similar to other plants in this family.

[5] Media related to Nolana at Wikimedia Commons This Solanales article is a stub.