Is this Deadly Night Shade?

15 years ago

Just not sure . Have been viewing photos online and they really don't look exactly what I have here, per the leaves anyway. If so, aren't their 2 kinds and are they poisonous to everything that eats it?

A link to my photobucket album is here if you would like to view a few more photos of this plant. Hope I'm doing this right, am new to photobucket. :

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fatamorgana2121
15 years ago
Compare to American Black Nightshade Solanum americanum.

FataMorgana

Here is a link that might be useful: Goggle images - Solanum americanum
terrestrial_man
15 years ago
Here is a link to images of Deadly Nightshade

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Ah, so that's the weird plant with red berries that's growing in the weedy areas of my yard. Just add it to the list of invasives that need to be removed.
ladyslppr
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No berry, including 'Deadly' Nightshade is poisonous to everything that eats it. All berries are intended to be eaten by something or other, then the seeds spread in the animals' droppings. Bittersweey Nightshade berries are commonly eaten by birds, and that is how the plant spreads. I am not sure what eats the berries of the other nightshades, but I bet a wide variety of birds eat them.
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Eric Nyamu
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hi folks i know this is a old post but i have some nightshade plants on my small garden and i have eaten the leaves and they are nice when cooked.now the plants are producing some nice juice berries that are black.are they poisonous and can they be eaten by humans?thanks
WoodsTea 6a MO
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Eric -- Any idea which nightshade it is? I would think you would want to make a definite identification before proceeding. Perhaps they are black nightshade,
Solanum ptycanthum?

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/black_nightshade.htm

Are you in the U.S.? There are quite a few Solanum species here, some native and some introduced. I'm assuming it's not deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna, since you're alive to tell of having eaten the leaves.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years ago
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Eric, I wonder if you are talking about pokeweed, Phytolacca americana?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_americana

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http://www.southernfoodways.org/film/poke-a-film-bite/

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/poke-sallet-zmaz71mazsea.aspx

This is an excellent source for foraging for edibles, though doing it without having someone in person to confirm is not recommended by anyone:

http://www.eattheweeds.com

If in-person confirmation is not possible, there's a forum here called "name that plant"
where you can post pics of found plants to gather ID opinions.

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