#Solanum carolinense (Horsenettle)

[uxbridge]

Carolina horsenettle about to bloom

[thebotanicalarcade]

n134_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae, oder, Sammlung nach der Natur gemalter Abbildungen inn- und ausländlischer Pflanzen, für Liebhaber und Beflissene der Botanik /. . biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44261077

[towildblueskies]

it's so pretty and delicate

I think this is Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

[hexandbalances]

I found an interesting, faintly thorny plant with delicately pale purple flower growing around my compost. After a little searching I identified it as Solanum carolinense, commonly called "Carolina Horsenettle", but also affectionately referred to as "the Apple of Sodom" or "the Devil's Tomato". I am still a fairly miserable gardener, but I have been blessed with the favor of nightshades.

[ronthafrog]

Some flowering plants I've photographed over the last few days. All of these were observed near or in mountain streams.

Top Left: Sneezeweed (Helenium sp.)

Top Right: American Water-Willow (Justica americana)

Bottom Left: Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

Bottom Right: Fleabane (Erigeron sp.)

[carolinawrenn]

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense). Also known as apple of Sodom, bull nettle, devil's potato, devil's tomato, poisonous potato, thorn apple, and wild tomato. As some of its names suggest, it's quite poisonous.

[silversbotanical]

Carolina Horsenettle Watercolor (Solanum carolinense)

Available on INPRNT

[rjalker]

KK: survey:

what are your favorite plant species? List out as many as you want.

You don't have to link to them (you can just list them in the tags), but you can if you want.

Mine:

Peppervne, Nekemias arborea

Small-flower pawpaw, Asimina parviflora

Common milkweed, Asclepias incarnata

American pokeweed, Phytolacca americana

Common persimmon, Diospyros virginiana

Roundleaf Bluet, Houstonia procumbens

Carolina Horsenettle, Solanum Carolinense

[swamp-boggler]

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense).

Dover Village Park, OH.

[whatsbloomingnow]

Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L. var. carolinense)

Solanaceae (Potato Family) Synonym(s): Carolina Horse Nettle, Horse Nettle, Radical Weed, Sand Brier, Bull Nettle, Tread-Softly, Devil’s Tomato, Wild Tomato. Base Flower Color: WhiteReproductive Phenology: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sept, OctNotes: Ingesting the fruit can cause abdominal pain, circulatory and respiratory depression, or even death. For more information about this plant, Click Here.

[cazort]

this is one of my favorite beetles, i love them

if you want to support them, their preferred host is Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) but they also eat Physalis species (ground-cherries and tomatillos.) If you plant Carolina horsenettle, you will get them!

They will not eat your potato plants. Besides tomatillos they don't usually touch food plants, and they only ever eat plants in the Nightshade family.

False Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta)

May 14, 2023

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[walks-the-garden]

Here's some of the wild, native, perennial nightshades growing at our local park!

Solanum Carolinense, aka Carolina Horsenettle, very spiny and also toxic to humans, but an important food source for native birds including wild turkeys and quail!

These guys spread through both seeds and underground runners, so they're considered a noxious weed in a few states outside their native range; one site I just found says one plant can produce up to 5,000 seeds, which require cold stratification before they will sprout, meanwhile, the plants roots send up new shoots each spring during the warmer months.

Here's some pictures of the flowers, and immature fruit; from Google we know that when the fruit are actually mature, they'll turn orange/yellow and usually hang around on the plant all winter even after the leaves and stems have died back completely.

Some plants had lavender purple flowers. While others had pure white, sometimes both on the plant at the same time! I believe that like some other nightshades, the flowers start out purple and turn white as they age over the course of a day or two.

If you're ever walking down a park or forest path, keep your eyes peeled! Nightshade/Solanacae flowers are one of the easiest things to recognize, and they come in all sizes, with many of them having at least a handful of different species native to each US state, a few of which are edible, like the wild Groundcherries that can be found all over the United States!

[deathtek]

7/30/22

[hanasakig3]

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[thebelmontrooster]

Problem Areas and Wild Weeds, ETC. Part 2...

Problem Areas and Wild Weeds, ETC. Part 2…

Hello again, everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and are doing well. This is round two about the problem areas and wild weeds on the farm. I am sure many of you have all encountered similar issues one way or another. Even if you have a house and a regular-sized yard, you still have to deal with weeds and trees sprouting up around your house, fences, and so on. They are more of a problem if…

[dendroica]

Carolina Horsenettle, Solanum carolinense (by me)

With fruits like mini tomatoes