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Green Nightshade
Solanum nitidibaccatum
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
ground-cherry nightshadeSolanum physalifolium
black nightshadeSolanum nigrum
American black nightshadeSolanum americanum
eastern black nightshadeSolanum emulans
greenspot nightshadeSolanum douglasii
Hairy NightshadeSolanum sarrachoides
tall nightshadeSolanum chenopodioides
Carolina horsenettleSolanum carolinense
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4,130 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 3,323 |
| Canada | 181 |
| Washington | 144 |
| California | 125 |
| Oregon | 116 |
| Colorado | 82 |
| British Columbia | 80 |
| Nevada | 57 |
| New Mexico | 51 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | nightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales |
| Family | nightshade family · Solanaceae |
| Genus | nightshades · Solanum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Green Nightshade with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.