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Name: Solanum
americanum (S. nodiflorum) Common Name: American Black Nightshade Flower Color: White to purplish white Plant Type: Subshrub, Herb, Annual, Perennial Height: To 30 inches (76 cm) tall Date Observed: September 27, 2003 Notes: Poisonous. The 5-lobed flowers have a beak of yellow stamens. The leaves are glabrous to fuzzy, oval, petioled, and smooth-edged to edged with large, rounded teeth. The green berries ripen to a shiny black. The very similar S. ptycanthum is mostly hairless and may have leaves with purple undersides. |
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