OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum dulcamara   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Solanum dulcamara

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Solanum dulcamara

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-001:

Solanum dulcamara   FAMILY Solanaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade


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image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sodu_001_lvd

        

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm0305t_23

May    Haywood County    NC

Many leaves with lobed basal portion or even a pair of leaflets, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm0305u_02

May    Haywood County    NC

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_012

September    Hancock County    ME

Bright red oval berries about 0.4" long are poisonous to humans, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_014

September    Hancock County    ME

Shooting star-shaped flowers, flower lobes pointed backward, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_018

September    Hancock County    ME

Each lobe with 2 green dots at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_019

September    Hancock County    ME

Drooping clusters of 7-14 flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_019b

September    Hancock County    ME

Calyx about 2mm long, lobes minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_023

September    Hancock County    ME

image of Solanum dulcamara, Bittersweet Nightshade, Deadly Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade

JK Marlow    jkm090926_025

September    Hancock County    ME

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum dulcamara   FAMILY Solanaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solanum dulcamara

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solanum dulcamara

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-001:
Solanum dulcamara   FAMILY Solanaceae

 

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1409

Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare in NC

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Purple
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Synsepalous calyx, lobes minute
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

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