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Solanum dulcamara is a species of vine in the genus Solanum (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae.Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, [3] climbing nightshade, [4] felonwort, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, [5] [6] [7] trailing bittersweet ...
The species most commonly called nightshade in North America and Britain is Solanum dulcamara, also called bittersweet or woody nightshade (so-called because it is a shrub). Its foliage and egg-shaped red berries are poisonous, the active principle being solanine , which can cause convulsions and death if taken in large doses.
Today, American bittersweet is the accepted common name of C. scandens in large part to distinguish it from an invasive relative, C. orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet), from Asia. [2] Hybrids of C. orbiculatus and C. scandens, entirely produced from C. scandens seed and C. orbicularis pollen, showed reduced seed set and small, infertile pollen. [4]
The Evergreen State is full of beautiful, delicious wild plants. It’s also full of toxic lookalikes.
The poisonous Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) fruit also resembles tomatoes. Its common name, devil’s potato, is a dead giveaway. Other members of the nightshade family are poisonous ...
What does poison ivy look like? Poison ivy can grow as a vine or a small shrub, trailing along the ground or even climbing low plants, trees and poles.Look for three glossy leaflets. The common ...
Celastrus orbiculatus is a woody vine of the family Celastraceae. [1] It is commonly called Oriental bittersweet, [2] [3] [4] as well as Chinese bittersweet, [3] Asian bittersweet, [4] round-leaved bittersweet, [4] and Asiatic bittersweet.
The berries are sweet and are consumed by animals (mainly birds [24]) that disperse the seeds in their droppings, even though they contain toxic alkaloids (see Toxicity). [25] There is a pale-yellow flowering form with pale yellow fruit called Atropa bella-donna var. lutea.