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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Common Evening Nightshade, Black Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum)

 
Erect annual to 24" tall with smooth stems and leaves. Flowers are white or pale violet to 0.4" wide, 5 pointed lobes, yellow anthers united in a central cone. Bloom time May-October. A cosmopolitan weed of disturbed habitats. The plant is also called the Deadly Nightshade, Blueberry, Bonewort, Morel and Stubbleberry. The leaves and unripe berries are poisonous.




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