Devil's Tomato
by Scott Kingery
Title
Devil's Tomato
Artist
Scott Kingery
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I took this photo back in the fall of 2013. It has taken me a while to figure out what it was. Horsenettle (solanum carolinense), also known as devil's tomato,
is a highly toxic plant to humans and livestock. Considered a noxious weed in over thirty states, horsenettle is a member of the nightshade family which includes potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant. Horsenettle is also considered a native prairie wildflower. Native Americans mixed crushed leaves in milk and left the mixture to attract and kill flies. Immature berries are green with darker stripes. Mature fruits on this thorny plant are yellow. In prairie environments, the berries are consumed by striped skunk, ring-necked pheasant, bobwhite, and wild turkey. The photo was taken at the Kankakee Sands, a prairie restoration project in Newton County, Indiana.
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April 20th, 2015
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