Carolina Horsenettle - Solanum carolinense

The flowers have five petals and are usually white with yellow centers. The leaves are alternate and oval-shaped, and are covered with fine hairs. The fruit resemble tomatoes - immature fruit is dark green with stripes; as it matures, the fruit turns yellow and wrinkles.

All parts of this plant are poisonous to varying degrees due to the presence of solanine, which is a toxic alkaloid. Ingesting any part of the plant can cause fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. However, ingesting the fruit can cause severe abdominal pain, circulatory and respiratory depression, and death.

Habitat: Growing in a meadow