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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Plant Height: 1-3 feet
Fruiting Time: Summer
Fall
Flower Color: Bi-Color: White and yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: Immature fruit (green) is poisonous; completely ripe fruit (dark purple or black) is edible, at least in small quantities
Pollinators: Bumblebees

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Common names
  • Black Nightshade
  • Eastern Black Nightshade
  • West Indian Nightshade
  • Common Nightshade
  • Garden Nightshade

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-09-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-07-27
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-07-26
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-13
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-05-13
Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on Sep 14, 2016 4:44 PM concerning plant:
    A common weed in my yard. Contrary to popular belief, the berries are edible when fully ripe (black and ready to fall off the plant, or already on the ground). They taste a little tomatoey and have an amazing fragrance. They remind me of blueberries or boysenberries. Unfortunately, they're so tiny that it's hard to get enough to make anything out of.
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Nightshade that's poison isn't it by CDsSister Sep 14, 2016 8:44 PM 5

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