Common Name: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshadeScientific Name: Solanum dulcamara L.Family Name: Solanaceae - Nightshade FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rooting horizontal stems Stemsvine-like, twining on low vegetation or prostrate and creeping, becoming semi-woody Leavesalternate, ovate to oval, dark green, commonly with 2 (to 4) basal lobes or leaflets, petioled Flowers 5-petaled, purple to dark violet; petals fused, curved downward; conspicuous yellow or orange stamens form cone; solitary or clustered from internodes or opposite leaves Fruitgreen berries, bright red when mature, oval Other: unpleasant odor when crushed