Solanaceae . . . . Nightshade family


Choose flower colour from - Blue/purple,   White,  or  Yellow:


Blue to purple Solanaceae

Atropa belladonna
Lycium barbarum
Solanum laciniatum
Solanum dulcamara
Deadly nightshade
Duke of Argyll's Tea plant
Kangaroo apple
Woody nightshade
Nicandra physalodes
Solanum tuberosum
Hyoscymus niger
Petunia
Apple of Peru
Potato
Henbane
Petunia

White Solanaceae

Datura stramonium
Solanum nigrum
Solanum chenopodioides
Solanum nitidibaccatum
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Solanum tuberosum
Solanum dulcamara

Yellow Solanaceae

Solanum lycopersicum
Physalis peruvianum

Atropa . . . . . Deadly nightshade

Atropa belladonna . . . . Deadly nightshade

Woods and scrub in the S, esp. on base-rich soils, but occurs throughout BI

Datura . . . . . Thorn apple

Datura stramonium . . . . . Thorn apple

A casual on waste tips and cultivated ground; common in CI

Hyoscymus . . . . Henbane

Hyoscymus niger . . . . . Henbane

Uncommon, mostly in C & S

Lycium . . . . Duke of Argyll's teaplant

Lycium barbarum . . . . Duke of Argyll's teaplant

Grown as hedging plant and naturalised in CI and S Br

Lycium chinense (Chinese teaplant) is similar but less common, with fls >17mm across with branching veins and lvs broader & wider nearer base

Lycopersicon . . . . Tomato

See under Solanum

Nicandra . . . . . Apple of Peru

Nicandra physaloides . . . . . Apple of Peru

Casual, mainly in S and esp. CI

Petunia . . . . Petunia

Petunia x hybrida . . . . Petunia

Casual as garden throw-out on tips and rough ground across Br

Physalis . . . . Japanese lanterns

Physalis peruviana . . . . Cape gooseberry

Occasional casual on tips in S Br

Solanum . . . . Nightshades

Solanum chenopodioides . . . . . Tall nightshade

N.B. S. chenopodioides is woody and has small c. 5 mm flowers (c.f. S. nitidibaccatum); local casual, esp. in CI

Solanum dulcamara . . . . . Woody nightshade (Bittersweet)

Red fruits, most leaves with 2 small leaflets at base; common throughout BI exc. N Sc

Solanum laciniatum . . . . . Kangaroo apple

Naturalised in a few places in SW and CI

Solanum lycopersicum (previously Lycopersicon) . . . . Tomato

An occasional escape from cultivation

Solanum nigrum . . . . . Black nightshade

Black fruits and white flowers

Solanum nitidibaccatum . . . . . Green nightshade

N.B. S. chenopodioides is woody and has small c. 5 mm flowers

Solanum sisymbriifolium . . . . . Sticky nightshade

Planted as a trap for potato eelworm and sometimes persisting

Solanum tuberosum . . . . . Potato

On waste tips etc.