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Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum, Fuath dubh
Photographs: Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Black Nightshade
Solanum nigrum
Fuath dubh
Family: Solanaceae

Flowering: July-September. Annual. Probably introduced.

The small white flowers with a central column of yellow stamens are followed by poisonous round berries that are green then ripening black. Leaves are stalked and oval-lanceolate, more/less toothed and lobed. A bushy plant with spreading or erect blackish stems. Height to 50cm.

An occasional casual with a scattered distribution on nutrient-rich roadsides and waste ground, in maize fields and gardens and near ports.

Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum, Fuath dubh

Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum, Fuath dubh
Black Nightshade, Solanum nigrum, Fuath dubh

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