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Common name

English: Bittersweet nightshade

German: Bittersüßer Nachtschatten

Mandarin: 欧白英 (ou bai ying)

Portuguese: Doce-amarga

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Solanales (101)

        Family: Solanaceae (51)(family description)

          Genus: Solanum (24)

            Epithet: dulcamara L. (1)

dulcamara => bitter-sweet (dulcis, sweet: amarus, bitter)

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, yellow

External links

Check for Solanum dulcamara at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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