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Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade

Circaea canadensis

Also called Canada Enchanter's Nightshade, Broad Leaved Enchanter's Nightshade, Large Enchanter's Nightshade, Enchanter's Nightshade, Common Enchanter's Nighshade, Lutetian Enchanter's Nightshade, Yellowish Enchanter's Nightshade

Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
European Russia to N. & NC. Japan, SC. & SE. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Circaea canadensis, known as eastern enchanter's nightshade, Canada enchanter's nightshade, broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant found in forests of eastern North America. It is very similar to its sister species, Circaea lutetiana, and was formerly considered conspecific (part of the same species).

Other Circaea plants

Small enchanter's nightshade · Cordata Enchanter’s Nightshade · Circaea ×decipiens · Circaea ×dubia · Red Hair Enchanter’s Nightshade · Circaea glabrescens · Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade · Circaea ×mentiens · South Enchanter’s Nightshade · Circaea repens · Circaea × skvortsovii · Intermediate Enchanter's Nightshade

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Circaea canadensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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