Irish wildflowers sitemap
Photographs: Bantry, Co.Cork 
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Woody Nightshade / Bitter-sweet Clusters of downward-hanging purple flowers, yellow anthers, reflexed petals. Poisonous red egg-shaped berries. Lower leaves, stalked, usually small lobes at base. Upper with 3 leaflets. Stems woody at base, scrambling, climbing. Height: To 2m. All parts of this plant are poisonous. Damp woodland, hedgerows, streamsides. Similar: S. dulcamara var. marinum is prostrate, found on shingle beaches. 
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Above: Woody Nightshade. Blarney, County Cork. August 2008
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