Also called bitter nightshade, bittersweet nightshade, trailing nightshade, trailing bittersweet, ◼︎ blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, 🐍︎ snakeberry, ◼︎ violet bloom and woody nightshade.
Part of
🍆︎ eggplant/​nightshade/​potato/​🍅︎ tomato genus Solanum
in
chili/​petunia/​nightshade/​potato/​tobacco/​🍅︎ tomato family Solanaceae.
Native to Eurasia.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48)
(color key).
Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA
Invasive > report it!
Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA
Invasive > Michigan
seeds restricted (≤ 1/2000) in Michigan (page 3)
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
☠︎ Poisonous[?] (all parts of plant).