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Atropa belladonna var. lutea |
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Common name |
yellow-flowered deadly nightshade |
Family |
solanaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial |
Flowers |
yellow (May-June) |
Size |
3' |
Light |
part shade |
From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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Nodding, greenish yellow flowers on a large-leaved plant. The flowers develop into 1/2" yellow fruit. In the eggplant family – it reminds me mostly of the weedier species in the clan. Has survived several winters in our garden, so I rate it hardy to zone 6 at least. I grew this from seed labeled as Scopolia stramonifolia, but it never looked like pictures I found of that plant. Thanks to Marck's helpful comment below, I now know what it actually is. Given the extreme toxicity of the leaves and berries of this species, combined with its limited ornamental value and non-native status, I think I'll be eliminating it from our garden.
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| Developing fruit, late July |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following commentsMarck Menke | Nov 01, 2012 | Hi Rob,
You have a great website. It is always an educational pleasure to learn about gardening in other parts of the country. I'm also writing to give you a plant ID correction. The plant pictured on your plant profile of Scopolia stramonifolia is actually Atropa belladonna var. lutea. The yellow flowered form of deadly nightshade. I grew that plant myself from NARGS seed that was labeled as Scopolia. Anyway, please keep sharing your gardening experiences. They are most informative.
Cheers, Marck Thanks Marck. I've updated the page accordingly. |
- Seed from '05/'06 HPS/MAG exchange. Baggy 70F (78%G, 9-20d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (48%G, 23-40d)
The older seed germinated more slowly, and I think it yielded weaker seedlings.
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