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White Nightshade, Solanum americanum

White Nightshade, Solanum americanum Flowering Plant Photos Taken April 21, 2009. Near Tortilla Flat, Arizona.
White Nightshade, Solanum americanum Flower Photos Taken April 21, 2009. Near Tortilla Flat, Arizona.
White Nightshade, Solanum americanum Flower Photo Taken April 21, 2009. Near Tortilla Flat, Arizona.
White Nightshade, Solanum americanum Leaf Photo Taken April 21, 2009. Near Tortilla Flat, Arizona.
White Nightshade, Solanum americanum Green Fruit Will Turn Black When Ripe. Photo Taken April 21, 2009. Near Tortilla Flat, Arizona.

White Nightshade Solanum americanum, Caltrop Family ( Solanaceae ), White Nightshade: Also called: Solanum nodiflorum, American Black Nightshad. Solanum americanum is a herbaceous annual plant, which can reach about 39 inches in height. It has poisonous, white 5-lobed flowers with a beak of yellow stamens. Its leaves are glabrous to fuzzy, oval, petioled. They can be smooth-edged to edged with large, rounded teeth. Height: Up To About 2 - 3 feet. Spreading out to about 4 foot wide. Flowers: White in color. Sometimes purplish white. The flowers have 5 lobes, 5 stamens, and are 1 inch in diameter. The flowers have 5 fused petals, ¾ inch across, with bright yellow stamens. Flowers grow on stalks in clusters or singly at the end of stems or branches. Blooming Time: April to October. Leaves: The entire green leaves are ovate to somewhat triangular, irregularly toothed, with wavy margins.. Poisonous. The leaves are 1 to 4 inches long by 2-3 inch wide. There are small hairs on the leaves especially on the margins. Fruit: The fruits are round, black fruit.berries, 3/8 inch in diameter. Shape: Prostrate, branched, radiating to 5 feet from top of taproot, hairy, becoming nearly glabrous. Elevation: 0 - 4,500 Feet. Habitat: On roadsides, yards. It also can be found in perennial fields and on cultivated land. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken April 21, 2009. Near Tortilla Flat, Arizona. Poisonous.