Solanum dulcamara
Synonyms
Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing Nightshade
ID Characteristics
Life cycle: Perennial
Growth Habit: Prostrate and rhizomatous
Propagation: Seed and creeping prostrate stems
Leaf Margin: Smooth
Leaf Hairs: Wooly underside
Leaf Structure: Two forms; One with basal lobes and the other is oviate to oval
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Root Type: Fibrous with branching off of rhizomes
Flower Color: Purple to blue with a yellow center
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Similar Species
- Nightshade, Eastern Black Solanum ptychanthum
- Bittersweet, Oriental Celastrus orbiculatus
Herbicidal Control Options
- Preemergence: Oryzalin, Benefin
- Post Emergence: Carfentrazone, Chlorsulfuron, Clopyralid, Fluroxypyr, Mecoprop-p, Metribuzin, Penoxsulam, Quinclorac, Sulfosulfuron, Triclopyr, Trifloxysulfuron
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