I tend to find a lot of wildflowers while I'm mowing my fields and lawn. Today's find was Nightshade, also known as bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody nightshade.
Nightshade is a semi-woody vine, which climbs over other plants, and is capable of reaching a height of 12 feet. The flowers are in loose clusters of 3–20, with five purple petals and yellow stamens. The fruit is a red berry that is edible for some birds, but is poisonous to humans and livestock.
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