Solanum nigrum, European Black Nightshade - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: European black nightshade, Garden nightshade, Hound's berry, Petty morel, Wonder berry

Botanical name & synonyms: Solanum nigrum, Solanum atriplicifolium, Solanum cestrophyllum, Solanum decipiens, Solanum dillenii, Solanum humile, Solanum judaicum, Solanum morella, Solanum moschatum, Solanum papilionaceum, Solanum pseudoflavum, Solanum repens, Solanum schultesii, Solanum suffruticosum, Solanum vulgare, Solanum vulgatum var. chlorocarpum, Solanum vulgatum var. nigrum

Family: Nightshades (Solanaceae)

• native to worldwide
  

• annual
  

• 10 to 60cm
  

• flower VI to X
  

• plant community: wasteland
  

• poison & medicinal plant, culinary herb
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 0,8 gram
  

Sow seed at max. 5ºC (41ºF), germination irregular, often several months.