Deadly nightshade, or belladonna nightshade, is an extremely toxic plant with a murky history. All parts of are poisonous, including the roots, leaves and especially the glossy black berries ...

Cornwall A cousin of the deadly nightshade plant is thriving in Britain because of the balmy weather - with experts warning its poisonous berries could kill. The fruit of the black nightshade ...

This link comes from the ancient Greeks who felt the plant's leaves resembled a basilisk's opening jaws. Maybe you'll pause before sprinkling your friend's pizza with this hateful herb next time… ...

Nightshades belong to the botanical family Solanaceae, which encompasses more than 2,000 species of plants. While some members of this family are highly toxic—like deadly nightshade and tobacco ...

If an animal ingests any parts of this plant, it can result in serious poisoning. Deadly Nightshade is a unique plant with purple and green flowers and untoothed oval leaves. This plant features ...

nightshade is found with some of the earliest fossils in South America, and is also native to the west coast of North America, including the Bay Area. Though all parts of the plants are poisonous ...

I have planted potatoes several years and enjoy eating the young spuds. Mid-March is the time to start planting. You can grow ...

creating lots of competition with crop plants for light. Black nightshade is often confused with deadly nightshade (Atropa bella-donna), which is a much more poisonous weed than black nightshade, and ...

I stumbled across an interesting tidbit that is appropriate for this month's theme of poison awareness. I was intrigued and I hope you are as well. There's a small poison garden at Alnwick Castle in ...

Deadly nightshade is also known as belladonna, meaning beautiful lady in Italian, because it was used in eye-drops to make women's pupils dilate. Sources: Natural Histories and Psychology Today.