Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum nigrum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Read more about European Black Nightshade at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum nigrum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A revision of the Morelloid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean (Knapp et al., 2019)
Solanum nigrum
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Solanum nigrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solanum nigrum ssp. nigrum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-010:
Solanum nigrum FAMILY Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solanum nigrum
COMMON NAME:
European Black Nightshade
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soni_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_325
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solanum nigrum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solanum nigrum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A revision of the Morelloid Clade of Solanum L. (Solanaceae) in North and Central America and the Caribbean (Knapp et al., 2019)
Solanum nigrum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Solanum nigrum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solanum nigrum ssp. nigrum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-05-010:
Solanum nigrum
FAMILY
Solanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solanum nigrum
3812
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Waif(s)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems and leaves unarmed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-parted rotate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Dull black
Berry
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