- Common Name: Deadly Nightshade
- More Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_nightshade
- Location: Planted in a pot at the end of the compost pits
- Uses: Medicinal
- Comments: The plant volunteered in Yuki’s pot. It overgrew the onions living there so Yuki transplanted it. After asking around for the species Lara suggested that it might be a Deadly Nightshade. We let it grow to confirm that. And yes, the berries look very much like deadly nightshade berries. Apparently this is one of the most toxic plants in the western hemisphere. We’ll keep it around for educational purposes. Found this on the wikipedia article linked above: “Stories claim that the devil has the exclusive rights to plant and harvest this plant. Hence, anyone eating it is visited and killed by the devil”.
We found a mushroom growing under the plant (another reason to keep it), it’s tiny, very cute:
