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The mating system of flowering plants plays a key role during the process of invasion. Evolution from outcrossing to selfing can allow rapid regeneration of a population after long-distance dispersal by providing reproductive assurance.  Solanum rostratum  is a self-compatible annual herb that exhibits a high level of outcrossing in its native populations. However, the mating system of invasive populations of  S. rostratum  has never been assessed. Here, we investigated the mating system based on 11 microsatellite loci and explored ecological factors that may influence the outcrossing rate among 10 invasive populations of  S. rostratum  in China. We found that the mean outcrossing rate was 0.69 ± 0.12 (range 0.49 to 0.83) with multiple paternity within progeny arrays (average effective number of sires = 7.86), which suggests a mixed mating system dominated by outcrossing. Combined with the uniformly high outcrossing rate (0.70 ± 0.03) previously reported in its native range, these results indicate that there has been no evolutionary shift in mating system during the invasion in China by  S. rostratum . There were no relationships between outcrossing and population size, population density, altitude, latitude or longitude. Furthermore, high outcrossing of  S. rostratum  in China may be facilitated by enantiostyly and heteranthery.

No evolutionary change in the mating system of Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae) during its invasion in China