Common name:
Black nighshade
Family:
Scientific name:
Solanum nigrum
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales and south/central England
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Disturbed ground, arable fields
Flowers:
Five white, ciliate sepals, spreading to recurved, and a projecting column of long, fused, yellow anthers, with a green stigma slightly exserted. Around 10 mm across. Flowers are pendent, in clusters of up to ten
Fruit:
Round berries, green maturing to black
Leaves:
Ovate, strongly veined, lined by a few teeth or lobes
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
