Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium)

Family: Solanaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Solanum sisymbriifolium is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). It is frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Fruit. The fruit is up to 2cm in diameter. — The fruit is up to 2cm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Naturalised in South-eastern N. America where it grows near sea ports in waste places and on ballast. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)