Bermudagrass Johnsongrass Medusahead Quackgrass Field Bindweed Hoary Cress Diffuse Knapweed Russian Knapweed Spotted Knapweed Squarrose Knapweed Purple Loosestrife Perennial Pepperweed Leafy Spurge Yellow Starthsitle Canada Thistle Musk Thistle Scotch Thistle Dyer's Woad Back to main weeds page   Silverleaf Nightshade Solanum elaeagnifolium   Adult Silverleaf nightshade is a one to three foot tall perennial. Stems and leaves are covered with fine hairs giving the plant a silvery appearance. Stems also have small yellow thorns. Leaves are one to five inches long and have smooth to wavy margins. Flower Light blue to violet flowers have five petals, yellow anthers, and are about one inch wide. Silverleaf nightshade is native to the central United States. It inhabits waste areas, pastures, and rangelands. Reproduction is by roots and seeds. The foliage and berries are toxic to livestock. Fruits The flowers produce an orange-yellow berry filled with seed. Back to main weeds page   Buffalobur Common Burdock Camelthorn Goatsrue Jointed Goatgrass Poison Hemlock Black Henbane Houndstongue Blue-Flowering Lettuce Western Whorled Milkweed Silverleaf Nightshade Yellow Nutsedge Puncturevine Russian-Olive Saltcedar St. Johnswort Bull Thistle Dalmatian Toadflax Yellow Toadflax Velvetleaf