Black Nightshade, European Black Nightshade, Garden Nightshade
Solanum nigrum
Synonyms: Solanum nigrum var. nigrum, Solanum rubrum
![Black Nightshade, European Black Nightshade, Garden Nightshade: Solanum nigrum (Synonyms: Solanum nigrum var. nigrum, Solanum rubrum)](nigrum/nigrum1a.jpg)
What may be black nightshade growing in a planting at the Memaloose Rest Area on eastbound Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge..........November 5, 2011.
- ![Close-up of the berries of Black Nightshade, European Black Nightshade, Garden Nightshade: Solanum nigrum (Synonyms: Solanum nigrum var. nigrum, Solanum rubrum)](nigrum/nigrum1c.jpg)
What may be black nightshade growing in a planting at the Memaloose Rest Area on eastbound Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge...........November 5, 2011. Note that the calyx lobes are short and do not cover the bottom half of the berries and note the lack of spreading hairs on the stems and petioles, which indicates that this is not hairy nightshade (Solanum physalifolium).
Paul Slichter