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Common name

English: Deadly Nightshade

German: Schwarze Tollkirsche

Portuguese: Beladona

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Atropa (1)

            Epithet: belladonna L. (2)

belladonna => 'beautiful lady' - meaning ambiguous

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: brown, purple

External links

Check for Atropa belladonna at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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