Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum

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Black Nightshade

Solanaceae
Solanum nigrum

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Type	Categories	Useful Parts
Herb

Solanaceae Family

Solanum Genus

Physical Description

Has small purple berries, and white flowers

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Solanaceae

Nightshade Family

Solanales

Nightshade Order

Euasterids I

Real Stars Group One

Asteridae

Class of Stars (Daisies)

Core Eudicots

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

I bought this at Home Depot, from Bonnie it we suppose to be a strawberry plant.

Smooth purple Berries
Leaves

Smooth purple Berries
Berries

	Identifier	Research
Black Nightshade
	gardengeek June 07, 2012	Solanaceae Solanum nigrum Web \| Images \| YouTube
Poisonous

Comment: Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum

Page Posts: 4

Esselean

June 23, 2012

Deffiantely NOT a strawberry!!!!

I agree with gardengeek it looks very much like a black nightshade.

I suggest you do not but these berries anywhere near your mouth.

gardengeek

June 07, 2012

It looks like Black Nightshade (Solanum Nigrum), if not, I would guess that it is some other Nightshade, which are mostly poisonous.
Tell Bonnie that Gardengeek said to be careful next time!
https: google.com search?q=Solanum+Nigrum

Mitchito

June 07, 2012

I retract my initial claim that you might have POKEWEED as the stem on your plant is quite green and not a characteristic red. You may actually have a WONDERBERRY (Solanum burbankii). It is still a part of the nightshade family, but at least the berries can be eaten after cooking. Even so, I would demand a refund from Home Depot. This is definitely not a Strawberry plant.

Mitchito

June 07, 2012

Um... Whatever you do, don't eat these berries until you can identify PRECISELY what plant you have. It might just be POKEWEED. (Not that you should eat POKEWEED berries.) But note that BELLADONNA also produces dark purple berries and is highly poisonous. However, I think BELLADONNA has purple flowers, not white.

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