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Climbing nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

2 Species ID Suggestions

Climbing nightshade
Solanum dulcamara Solanum dulcamara
Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago
Deadly Nightshade
Atropa belladonna Atropa belladonna


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8 Comments

Urek  Jurek  Wyder
Urek Jurek Wyder 12 years ago

@ Ariana , KristalWatrous, textless, Thank you all !

totally agree with Kristal. am looking at it in my book as we speak.

textless
textless 12 years ago

Great colors!

Ariana
Ariana 12 years ago

Kristal I think you are right it is Solanum spp. not Atropa belladonna. You've a keen eye! Do you want to make the new ID suggestion?

KristalWatrous
KristalWatrous 12 years ago

While I agree that this plant would commonly be called "nightshade", I don't think it is Atropa belladonna. Looking at the line drawing on the referenced wikipedia page, the calyx of Atropa is much larger on the fruit than that of the fruits pictured here. This looks more like Solanum dulcamara, a climbing nightshade that has naturalized here in N. America. Here's the wiki page for S. dulcamara: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_dul.... Look at where the stem meets the fruit - the lobes there are the calyx.

Urek  Jurek  Wyder
Urek Jurek Wyder 12 years ago

@ EdwardNathanReulbachJr., Thank you !

Urek  Jurek  Wyder
Urek Jurek Wyder 12 years ago

@ Ariana, Thank you !

nightshade fruits!!!!!

Urek  Jurek  Wyder
Spotted by
Urek Jurek Wyder

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Oct 26, 2011
Submitted on Oct 26, 2011

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