Solanaceae — Nightshade Family
Alkekengi officinarum Moench
Alkekengi officinarum Moench
Alkekengi officinarum Moench is a distinctive perennial herb cultivated as an ornamental, with documented traditional medicinal uses.
Atropa belladonna L.
Atropa belladonna L.
Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) is a highly toxic perennial plant with a long history of medicinal and poisonous use.
Browallia americana L.
Browallia americana L.
Browallia americana is a variable flowering plant native to tropical Latin America, with common names including Jamaican forget-me-not.
Brugmansia aurea Lagerh.
Brugmansia aurea Lagerh.
Brugmansia aurea, the golden angel's trumpet, is an extinct-in-the-wild Ecuadorian ornamental poisonous plant with hallucinogenic uses.
Brugmansia sanguinea (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don
Brugmansia sanguinea (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don
Brugmansia sanguinea is an Andean poisonous small tree with colorful pendent trumpet-shaped flowers.
Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & J.Presl
Brugmansia suaveolens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bercht. & J.Presl
Brugmansia suaveolens is a toxic, ornamental flowering shrub or small tree with ritual and medicinal uses native to southeast Brazil.
Calibrachoa parviflora (Juss.) D' Arcy
Calibrachoa parviflora (Juss.) D' Arcy
Calibrachoa parviflora, the seaside petunia, is a nightshade family flowering plant native to the Americas and introduced elsewhere.
Capsicum annuum L.
Capsicum annuum L.
Capsicum annuum L. is a widely cultivated pepper with variable forms, used for food, medicine, cosmetics, and self-defense.
Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.
Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl.
Cestrum aurantiacum is an ornamental shrub, native to Central America, toxic to animals and invasive in some regions.
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.
Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl.
Cestrum elegans is a poisonous evergreen ornamental shrub with sweet-scented purplish-red flowers, pollinated by hummingbirds.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L.
Cestrum nocturnum L. is an evergreen fragrant ornamental shrub with recorded potential toxicity to humans and animals.
Cestrum parqui (Lam.) L'Hér.
Cestrum parqui (Lam.) L'Hér.
Cestrum parqui is a woody semi-evergreen shrub with toxic alkaloids that has multiple folk medicine uses.
Cestrum tomentosum L.fil.
Cestrum tomentosum L.fil.
Cestrum tomentosum is a poisonous Cestrum species native to Central and South America with fragrant pink flowers and pink berries.
Datura discolor Bernh.
Datura discolor Bernh.
Datura discolor is a toxic night-blooming Datura species native to North America and the Caribbean, grown ornamentally for its large flowers.
Datura ferox L.
Datura ferox L.
Datura ferox is a toxic annual Datura species native to the Americas, widespread as a dangerous weed in warm regions worldwide.
Datura innoxia Mill.
Datura innoxia Mill.
Datura innoxia is a toxic tuberous subshrub grown ornamentally, used traditionally for medicine and rituals, and invasive in some areas.
Datura metel L.
Datura metel L.
Datura metel L. is a toxic New World-origin herb used in traditional medicine and historically in criminal poisoning.
Datura quercifolia Kunth
Datura quercifolia Kunth
Datura quercifolia is an oak-leaved poisonous Datura species first described in 1818, with spiny green capsules and short white-pale violet funnel flowers.
Datura stramonium L.
Datura stramonium L.
Datura stramonium is a widely naturalized toxic annual herb with potent anticholinergic alkaloids, used historically in medicine.
Datura wrightii Regel
Datura wrightii Regel
Datura wrightii Regel is a poisonous herbaceous perennial with large fragrant trumpet flowers, native to southwestern North America.
Duboisia myoporoides R.Br.
Duboisia myoporoides R.Br.
Duboisia myoporoides, or corkwood, is a poisonous Australian tree harvested commercially for pharmaceutically useful alkaloids.
Hyoscyamus albus L.
Hyoscyamus albus L.
Hyoscyamus albus L., or white henbane, is a slightly poisonous medicinal plant with a history of ancient Greek medical use.
Hyoscyamus aureus L.
Hyoscyamus aureus L.
Hyoscyamus aureus L. is a sticky sprawling perennial with golden yellow purple-throated flowers, found in Turkish rocky, ruined sites up to 1200 m.
Hyoscyamus niger L.
Hyoscyamus niger L.
Hyoscyamus niger (henbane) is a toxic, psychoactive Solanaceae plant with a long history of medicinal, ritual, and culinary use.
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