Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Nightshade |
| Scientific Name | Solanum dulcamara L. |
| Family Name | Solanaceae (Nightshade/Tomato Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | open, moist to mesic (wet) woods |
| Plant Height: | 1-3 m, climbing or scrambling vine |
| Flower Color: | purple with yellow center |
| Flower: | perfect; 1.5cm wide, 4-5-lobed corolla, stamens 5, yellow anthers form central cone |
| Inflorescence: | loose, axillary and terminal cymes or panicles |
| Fruit: | bright red, drooping berry |
| Leaves: | distinctive, alternate, 3-parted, halberd-shaped |
| Bloom Time: | May-September |
| Origins: | non-native, Eurasia |
Other: |
naturalized throughout East and East-Central United States; plants contain solanine (poisonous alkaloid); known as Deadly or Bittersweet Nightshade |
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| general habit | leaves | close up of flower |
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