Late July: further up this woody nightshade there were still plenty of flowers, if rather bedraggled. But these berries were ripening quickly.
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Late July: further up this woody nightshade there were still plenty of flowers, if rather bedraggled. But these berries were ripening quickly.
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The fruits look like tomatoes, but their stems are very like an eggplants. A close family those nightshades.
Never thought of that! Good observation.
The fruit also look like potato fruit when they are allowed to develop – the flowers are also similar enough that the kinship is clear.
It’s understandable why the New World vegetables were treated with suspicion when they were first introduced to Europe.