Descriptive Flora 



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at the base and having yellowish-green or pale yellow, saucer- 

 shaped flowers, about y% across, followed by whitish berries the 

 size of big peas. Leaves simple, alternate or opposite. Blades 

 wavy or segmented, tapering at base, 1 to 3" long, usually glab- 

 rate. Corolla saucer-shaped, 5-angled, about 1" across, white or 

 yellowish, often tinged with purple. Stamens 5. March to July. 

 In dry soil, clay hillsides, pastures and roadsides. 



Solarium triquetrum Cav. White Nightshade 



"Hierba mora". 



Green, slender-stemmed, often vinelike plants shrubby close 

 to the root and bearing white flowers with conspicuous yellow 

 anthers and followed by red berries the size of peas. Leaves 

 simple, alternate. Blades lanceolate to ovate, entire or 3-lobed. 

 Flowers few, in loose clusters, resembling the blossom of the 

 Irish potato in general structure and appearance. Corolla deep- 

 ly 5-lobed, white or purplish, about y% across. Stamens 5, 

 showy, with 2 pores at the apex of each erect anther. March to 

 November. Usually growing intertwined in low shrubs and 

 fences. Common. 



Solarium nigrum L. Black Nightshade. 



Deep green annuals with clusters of small white flowers on 

 short stems branching out of the stems anywhere like tomato 

 blossoms, followed by clusters of juicy, black, poisonous berries 

 the size of peas. Leaves simple, alternate. Blades thin, ovate, 

 deep green, with wavy or entire margins. Flowers deeply 5- 

 lobed, about %" across, in clusters of 2 to 8, on short pedicels that 

 branch out of the end of a flower stalk about 1 inch long and 

 never in the axil of the leaf. Stamens 5, yellow, united to the tip 

 around the pistil forming a conspicuous yellowish center. In 

 rich, usually shaded soil. Not as common as Solatium triquetrum. 

 The flowers are similar to the white nightshade only much 

 smaller, and leaves are deeper green and broader. This is the 

 "garden huckleberry" often cultivated. Fruits edible in pies 

 but those of some forms are believed to be poisonous. Also sold 



