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Solanum carolinense, the Carolina horsenettle, [2] is not a true nettle, but a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southeastern United States, though its range has expanded throughout much of temperate North America. [3] The plant is an invasive in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and ...
Datura stramonium, known by the common names thornapple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), or devil's trumpet, [2] is a poisonous flowering plant in the Daturae tribe of the nightshade family Solanaceae. [3] Its likely origin was in Central America , [ 2 ] [ 4 ] and it has been introduced in many world regions.
The North Mills River in North Carolina. North Carolina's geography is usually divided into three biomes: Coastal, Piedmont, and the Appalachian Mountains. North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats.
Tephrosia virginiana, also known as goat-rue, goat's rue, [3] catgut, [3] rabbit pea, [3] Virginia tephrosia, [3] hoary pea, [4] and devil's shoestring [5] is a perennial dicot in family Fabaceae. The plant is native to central and eastern North America.
In the wild, it is easily found growing in pastures, recently cleared areas, and woodland openings, edge habitats such as along fencerows, and in wastelands. The first word in its scientific name, Phytolacca americana , comes from the Greek words phyton ('plant') and lacca —the scarlet dye secreted by the Kerria lacca scale insect.
Mutinus elegans, commonly known as the elegant stinkhorn, [2] the dog stinkhorn, the headless stinkhorn, or the devil's dipstick, is a species of fungus in the Phallaceae (stinkhorn) family. The fruit body begins its development in an "egg" form, resembling somewhat a puffball partially submerged in the ground.
The bugs won’t hurt you but they are serious about eating fruit trees, corn, garden vegetables and some ornamental plants. The adults gravitate to fruit, younger bugs also like leaves and stems.
Aconitum (/ ˌ æ k ə ˈ n aɪ t əm /), [2] also known as aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, devil's helmet, or blue rocket, [3] is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.