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Solanum dulcamara L.
climbing nightshade

       
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Photo of Solanum dulcamara L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Czechoslovakia (Former). Usage Requirements.
 
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Solanum dulcamara L.

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Distribution:
Solanum dulcamara L.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Solanum dulcamara L.

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 103 species in Solanum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Solanum dulcamara L. var. dulcamara. .
Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara
climbing nightshade
Distribution of Solanum dulcamara L. var. villosissimum Desv.. .
Solanum dulcamara var. villosissimum
climbing nightshade
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Solanum dulcamara L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Solanales
Family Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus Solanum L. – nightshade
Species Solanum dulcamara L. – climbing nightshade
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Solanum dulcamara L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
bittersweet nightshade              Potentially invasive, banned
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Solanum dulcamara L.

European bittersweet
bitter nightshade
bittersweet nightshade
blue nightshade
fellenwort
woody nightshade

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Solanum dulcamara L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Solanum dulcamara L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC+ FAC- FAC FAC FACU FAC NO NO FAC FAC+ FAC+ NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Solanum dulcamara L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30414.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Solanum dulcamara L.

British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

Virginia: abstract & image

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

 
 
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