Bittersweet Nightshade:  Solanaceae (potato)  Solanum  dulcamara
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Photo Details
September 29, 2005 - Provo Canyon, Utah County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis

Description
Size: 1 to 8 feet high - Flowers: Five, 1/2 inch purple petals swept back from pointed yellow "nose" - 
Leaves:
spade shaped with 2 pointed lobes at the base -  Stems: weak, vine like -  Berries: green turning to red. 

Other
Non-native plant from Europe, all parts are poison.

 

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