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| Nightshade, eastern black |
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- Pest Type: Weed
- Crops Affected: Wheat, Cotton, Potatoes, Soybeans, Corn, Cereals
- Scientific Name: Solanum nigrum
- Pest Order: Solanaceae
Description
Roots are fibrous with shallow taproot. Stems are erect to prostrate/spreading, smooth to sparsely hairy, widely branched. Leaves are simple, alternate, stemmed, smooth or hairless to moderately hairy, often unevenly toothed. Grows up to 3 ft in height. Plant leaves often have small holes due to flea beetles.
Propagation
Seed. Annual or rarely a short-lived perennial.
Seedling
Seedling stem covered with small hairs. Cotyledons are small and green on both sides. Leaf margins and stems are covered with small hairs. Red-purple coloring on lower surface of leaves.
Immature Plant
Foliage and stems are generally smooth, or not obviously hairy. Petioles and stems are purplish.
Mature Plant
Stems erect to prostrate/spreading, smooth to sparsely hairy, widely branched.
Leaves simple, alternate, stemmed, smooth or hairless to moderately hairy. Leaf margins are wavy.
Underground Parts
An eastern black nightshade plant has a slender tap root with a branched fibrous root system.
Habitat
Row crops, waste areas, banks, streams and roadsides.
Distribution
This is primarily a weed east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States.
Similar Species
Black nightshade, hairy nightshade.
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