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enchanter's nightshadenounA woodland plant with small white flowers and fruit with hooked bristles, native to Eurasia and the eastern US.- Circaea lutetiana, family Onagraceae.
The wildflowers, many of which bloom in May, include waterleaf, wild ginger, red trillium, Jack-in-the-pulpit, smooth and woolly blue violet, Solomon's seal, false Solomon's seal, and enchanter's nightshade. Origin Late 16th century: believed by early botanists to be the herb used by Circe to charm Odysseus' companions. |