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Solanum dulcamara L.
Climbing Nightshade
Bittersweet Nightshade
Not native to Florida
Introduced from Eurasia, this member of the nightshade family has only been recorded in one Florida county: Madison. The north American range now includes most of the central and northern United States and into southern Canada. The southern extant of the range includes California, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
The blue or violet flowers have the distinctive shape of all the Solanum species. The leaves are alternate, smooth 5-10 cm (2-4 in.) long, highly variable in shape, some with a pair or one basal lobes.
Solanum dulcamara is a member of the Solanaceae - Potato family.
Other species of the Solanum genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Solanum americanum - AMERICAN BLACK NIGHTSHADE
Solanum bahamense - BAHAMA NIGHTSHADE
Solanum capsicoides - SODA APPLE
Solanum carolinense var. carolinense - CAROLINA HORSENETTLE
Solanum chenopodioides - BLACK NIGHTSHADE
Solanum sisymbriifolium - STICKY NIGHTSHADE
Solanum viarum - TROPICAL SODA APPLE
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Dec 08, 2023
