Hairy Nightshade

(Solanum sarrachoides Sendtn.)

Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)

▲ seedlings

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ ▼ young mature plant and flowers

▲ flowers

▲ fruit

▲ ▼ mature plants

Hairy nightshade:     (mentioned on pp. 318-319, 374 in Weeds of the Northeast; not in Weeds of the Great Plains)

o        an annual, similar to eastern black nightshade, but entire plant is covered with dense hairs

o        leaves, stems have pungent (bad?) odor if handled, or if plant wilts

o        flower and fruit are similar to eastern black nightshade, except mature fruit stays green longer

o        an increasingly common weed in agronomic crops