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Black Nightshade Nightshade family
Solanum nigrum Solanaceae

Black Nightshade is found in arable fields and gardens. It has small 5-petalled white flowers with a yellow centre, and poisonous berries that turn from green to black in the autumn.
It is closely related to the potato, whose fruits are also poisonous when raw.

Black Nightshade flowers Black Nightshade berries



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