
Bitter nightshade / climbing nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
- a perennial woody vine with little star-shaped purple flowers and green berries that turn red when ripe.
-Bitter night-shade spreads by seed, but its stem can also root as it creeps along the ground.
-It is mildly poisonous, however; the toxic substance, solanine, is most concentrated in the unripe berries.
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