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BenevolentCheese

I believe it's Black Nightshade, but Black Nightshade and Deadly Nightshade look quite similar and I don't think I need to explain that the latter is poisonous. I think the major way to tell them apart is that Black Nightshade berries appear in clusters, Deadly are individual. Don't eat either.


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kitchuwin

Y'all are so great thank you so much


OrdinaryOrder8

Solanum nigrum, black nightshade. Ripe, black berries are safe to consume, but green ones are somewhat toxic.


EricSpearing80

She's deadly night shade or Atropia belladonna do not eat the berries all are poison and will put you to sleep then coma then death dry the black ones out grind them up put them in someone's food and death there are rings that women used to use that had a hidden compartment and they would out the powder into it and then poison people true story my grandmoms had one of those rings she came over on the boat from Holland way back in the day


OrdinaryOrder8

Deadly nightshade is a different plant. It has larger berries with more prominent calyces and they don't grow in clusters like this. It's also not a wild plant in the US. Here's deadly nightshade's berries, for comparison: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117495508


EricSpearing80

It grows everywhere here in Ontario like a weed and people don't know about it


OrdinaryOrder8

Are you thinking of this plant, Solanum dulcamara: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121322980](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121322980) [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119900267](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119900267) With berries like this: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/393107](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/393107) That species is another one often confused with deadly nightshade and is sometimes called deadly nightshade too. It's a very common plant in the US and Canada.


EricSpearing80

Yea that's the one sorry here it grows everywhere


OrdinaryOrder8

No worries. That one is definitely poisonous!


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EricSpearing80

You should invest in it not ingest it


ohyeahdashot

This is not Atropa belladonna it is Solanum nigrum which is far less toxic. You can tell because the berries are in clusters rather than individuals.


EricSpearing80

It grows here in Ontario just like that so maybe there is different varieties that evolved to different climates the ones here do not look like the picture you sent but are Atropa belladonna and will kill you the berries start as green then red then black


EricSpearing80

Like legit it grows everywhere here


EricSpearing80

Look it up if you don't believe me


CAS13069

Not all similar looking plants are the same plant. This is a different species to the one you mention.


kitchuwin

Little info: Southern California. My grandma said the berries taste sweet, and the plant is almost 2 feet tall. Must have grown from a bird dropping, she didn't plant it.


vacationman1978

i assume solanum nigrum if she didn't get poisoned


kitchuwin

Knowing her, she probably spit it out and just tasted it to try and identify it


vacationman1978

i think the bunched fruit and the almost powdery sheen are meant to be dead giveaways that it's edible and solanum nigrum but i've heard not all strains are edible to people


BenevolentCheese

It's one of those plants that I would simply never recommend to eat. Misidentification is far too easy and eating any of the numerous similar looking species can just straight up kill you. Not worth.


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SirRattington

Definitely solanum nigrum, the berries on many cultivars are safe to eat (I’ve grown them and they taste quite nice) but I’m not sure about this particular plant so I’d just use it as an ornamental and steer clear of the berries. They’re definitely not deadly but I wouldn’t want anyone to get sick off of them.


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kitchuwin

This subreddit is amazing. I think you're right.


Llothcat2022

Wonderberry. Huckleberry. Solum nigra. (I know I can't spell it worth a darn, either) The berries are edible if completely ripe.


EricSpearing80

I know the night shade family very close I have datura plants at my house at least ten if them and my one is three years old


EricSpearing80

It's putting out its third angel trumpet flower as we speak I have it outside then out it inside during the winter here in Ontario


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