Atropa belladonna - Deadly Nightshade
Although deadly nightshade has for many
years been used as a medicine, the glossy black berries of this plant are a potent poison.
It is mainly found on lime. Solitary specimens are occasionally found growing at the edge
of shaded areas where limestone chippings had been spread a few years earlier.
Woody nightshade, or bittersweet, is often, but
quite wrongly, called deadly nightshade.
Wildflowers of Wales
This wildflower is one of many dozens that are featured in the First Nature Guide to the
Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales, Volume 1 - Woodland and Waysides.
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