Black nightshade berries are safe enough to eat, though not likely worth the risk of poisoning yourself. Being able to tell ...

As with fathen and redroot, it can grow tall and leafy, creating lots of competition with crop plants for light. Black nightshade is often confused with deadly nightshade (Atropa bella-donna), which ...

Deadly nightshade is also known as belladonna, meaning beautiful lady in Italian, because it was used in eye-drops to make women's pupils dilate. Sources: Natural Histories and Psychology Today.