bittersweet nightshade (Common Iowa Weeds)

bittersweet nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Summary ⁵

Solanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody nightshade, is a species of vine in the potato genus Solanum, family Solanaceae. It is

Similar species ⁶

Eastern black nightshade (Solanum emulans) has smaller, white flowers; smaller leaves with a tapered base; and dark purplish black fruits when ripe.

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Weed of the Month, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Midwest Invasive Species Information Network.

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(c) Jake, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140961207
(c) Joseph Raymond, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Joseph Raymond, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14755847
(c) Alexander Baransky, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexander Baransky, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44694935
(c) nmseroni, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by nmseroni, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184043474
Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_dulcamara
(c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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