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 nigrum   FAMILY Solanaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Solanum nigrum, European Black Nightshade

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soni_001_lvd

        

image of Solanum nigrum, European Black Nightshade

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3812

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Waif(s)

map
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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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