Amazing. This plant grows wild in both extreme southern New Mexico and in the Denver Metro area of Colorado. I know this because I get this weed in my yard regularly now, and when I was a kid in elementary school, we'd find these berries in our playground and throw them at each other. We always called them "snakeberries." Probably because the unripe fruit has a green snake-like pattern on them. Now I know what this plant is (I figured it was related to tomatoes, as the plant and flowers look very similar, but the fruits are obviously much different). Never really bothered to take any extra precautions with this plant in my yard; just would grumble if I found it, as I knew it to be a weed.

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All parts of this plant should be considered toxic.

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