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Habitat: |
open, moist to mesic (wet) woods |
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Plant Height: |
1-3 m, climbing or scrambling vine |
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Flower Color: |
purple with yellow center |
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Flower: |
perfect; 1.5 cm wide, 4-5-lobed corolla, stamens 5, yellow anthers form central cone |
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Inflorescence: |
loose, axillary and terminal cymes or panicles |
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Fruit: |
bright red, drooping berry |
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Leaves: |
distinctive, alternate, 3-parted, halberd-shaped |
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Bloom Time: |
May-September |
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Origins: |
non-native, Eurasia |
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Other: |
naturalized throughout East and East-Central United States; plants contain solanine (poisonous alkaloid); known as Deadly or Bittersweet Nightshade | |