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Nightshade Family
5 species
Bittersweet Nightshade - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves 4 to 10 cm - vine to 3 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - September 2009
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade or Potato family)
Genus: Solanum
Species: Dulcamara
Perennial - also known as Climbing Nightshade - same
family as Potato, Tomato and Tobacco - toxic - native to
Eurasia
family as Potato, Tomato and Tobacco - toxic - native to
Eurasia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated January 10 2011
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Eastern Black Nightshade - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit approx. 1 cm - leaves 5 to 10 cm - height to 75 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2010
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade or Potato family)
Genus: Solanum
Species: Ptychanthum
Annual - also known as Common or West Indian
Nightshade - species also known as S. americanum or
S. nigrum - same family as Potato, Tomato and Tobacco
- toxic - native to Canada
Nightshade - species also known as S. americanum or
S. nigrum - same family as Potato, Tomato and Tobacco
- toxic - native to Canada
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated October 12 2010
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Garden Tomato - flower approx. 2.5 cm - fruit to 10 cm - leaves to 25 cm - height to 3 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - October 2010
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade or Potato family)
Genus: Solanum
Species: Lycopersicum
Perennial (annual in colder climates) - same family as
Potato and Tobacco - tomato from the Aztec "tomatl"
(swelling fruit) - all parts of plant except ripe fruit are toxic
- native to South America
Potato and Tobacco - tomato from the Aztec "tomatl"
(swelling fruit) - all parts of plant except ripe fruit are toxic
- native to South America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated October 22 2010
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Jimson Weed - flower to 10 cm - fruit approx. 5 cm - leaves to 20 cm - height to 1.5 m - West Don Valley (Thorncliffe Park) - October 2011
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade or Potato family)
Genus: Datura
Species: Stramonium
Annual - same family as Potato and Tobacco - also
known as Locoweed, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet - very
toxic - native to Asia?
known as Locoweed, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet - very
toxic - native to Asia?
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated October 26 2011
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Chinese Lantern - flower approx. 1 cm - fruit 4 to 5 cm - leaves 6 to 12 cm - height to 60 cm - Etobicoke Creek - August 2007
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae (Nightshade or Potato family)
Genus: Physalis
Species: Alkekengi
Perennial - same family as Potato and Tobacco - also
known as Bladder or Winter Cherry, Japanese Lantern -
toxic at least in some stages of development - escaped
ornamental - not to be confused with Chinese Lantern
Lily (Sandersonia aurantiaca) - native to Asia
known as Bladder or Winter Cherry, Japanese Lantern -
toxic at least in some stages of development - escaped
ornamental - not to be confused with Chinese Lantern
Lily (Sandersonia aurantiaca) - native to Asia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated December 29 2011
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