*Solanum nigrum L.

Mature berry purplish to black, dull. Leaves concolorous and ± hairy. Hairs on stems and leaves simple and glandular. Corolla with ovate to linear lobes. Infructescence raceme-like, with a few short internodes near the base. Calyx spreading-recurved to appressed around the fruit. Style as long as or exceeding the anthers by 1 mm. Erect to sprawling herb up to 1 m high. Widespread. Weed of cultivation and waste places. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring. Black Nightshade