Carolina Horsenettle In Bloom

Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense). Native to the southeastern United States. All parts of the plant are poisonous including the berries which look like yellow cherry tomatoes.

The stems, as well as leaves are hairy, and those stems, leaf midribs and petioles have many needlelike thorns.

Carolina Horsenettle is in bloom right now. Watch out for it.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “Carolina Horsenettle In Bloom”

  1. Hi Brenda. This plant is everywhere, in every garden, in the lawn, in the boundary to the woods. Spreading by lateral runners, I can never quite get it all, and if I don’t watch what I’m doing, it often bites me when I’m weeding. It is not one of my favoritews!
    Nancy
    I enjoy your entries, even though I don’t respond to many/

  2. Dear Nancy,

    So very good to hear from you!

    Sorry to hear that the weed, Carolina Horsenettle, has stubbornly decided to take up residence in your yard and gardens. I’ve read that it not only has those lateral roots, but also each plant has a taproot that can be 5 feet long. OMG! Combine that with its stickery thorns and you have quite the struggle, I know.

    Thank you ever so much for reading my daily posts! I thoroughly enjoy sending them.

    Happy summer!
    Bren

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