Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : solni
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Classification: Solanaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: black nightshade
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Schwarzer Nachtschatten ; ES : tomatitos ; FR : morelle noire ; IT : morella comune ; PT : erva-moira ; EN : black nightshade ; NL : zwarte nachtschade ; DK : sort natskygge
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, acute at the apex, sessile.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, margins entire.
- Height: 10-60 cm. Plant very variable, green, glabrous or slightly hairy, weakly scented.
- Stem with erect or diffuse branches, angular, more or less rough and tubercled.
- Leaves: lower ovate, alternate, stiffly hairy, ciliate margin of the blade, dark-green, ovate-elongate, more or less sinuate or dentate.
- Flowers white, small, in umbellate cymes ; calyx glabrescent with rounded lobes ; corolla 6-8 mm, glabrescent, 1 or 2 times longer than the calyx.
- Fruits : small, globose, black, yellow or greenish berries. Fruiting peduncle slightly longer than the pedicels.
- Populations exist which are resistant to triazines in France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Romania, Great Britain. This plant is diuretic, narcotic, toxic and noxious for cattle.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Solanum villosum
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