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Question: I need you help identifying a plant that looks like berberis, except …
...(nightshade family). There are two species that have escaped in New England, but I cannot tell you for certain which species you have without some careful measurements. The identification key for th...
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Datura inoxia (downy thorn-apple)
...(deadly nightshade famly) contain a variety of defensive chemicals that are both useful and problematic. Habitat: anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), shores of rivers or lakes All C...
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Hyoscyamus niger (black henbane)
...deadly nightshade family (Solanaceae), gets a bad rap throughout much of its North American range. Its genus name derives from the words for "hog" and "bean," referring to the hig...
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Physalis alkekengi (strawberry ground-cherry)
...the nightshade family (Solanaceae) that is introduced in North America. Plants 16-24 inches (6-11cm) tall spread by rhizomes to form colonies. Its common name ("lantern-plant") refers to i...
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Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco)
...the nightshade family (like potato), which is widely farmed for its leaves, which are used in cigarettes and cigars. The genus is named for French amabassador, Jean Nicot (1530-1600) who reportedly i...
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Physalis virginiana (Virginia ground-cherry)
...the nightshade family (Solanaceae). The yellow flowers are more nodding than those of other Physalis species, and the 3 inch (7 cm) long leaves are quite narrow, with smooth edges or just a few shall...
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Nicandra physalodes (apple-of-Peru)
...the nightshade family that gets its species name from the resemblance of its fruits to tomatillo (Physalis spp.). Papery tissue covers the rounded fruits, which eventually open to release small, brow...
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Other herbaceous, flowering plants with alternate leaves: All other flowering non-woody plants: Simple Key
...black nightshade. Solanum physalifolium. ground-cherry nightshade. Solanum pseudocapsicum. Jerusalem-cherry nightshade. Solanum ptycanthum. eastern black nightshade. So...
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Physalis angulata (cut-leaved ground-cherry)
...the nightshade family. You can remember its species name, "angulata" by looking at the cream-white flowers with angular petals. Habitat: anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), me...
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All other herbaceous, flowering dicots: All other flowering non-woody plants: Simple Key
...black nightshade. Solanum physalifolium. ground-cherry nightshade. Solanum pseudocapsicum. Jerusalem-cherry nightshade. Solanum ptycanthum. eastern black nightshade. So...