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Nightshade family

Solanaceae · 27 species

In Québec, the family Solanaceae (order Solanales) counts 27 species of plants. The stars? Bitter nightshade, Eastern black nightshade and Clammy groundcherry, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 18 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie18
  2. Montréal17
  3. Capitale-Nationale15
  4. Estrie12
  5. Outaouais11
  6. Laurentides11
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean9
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  9. Lanaudière7
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine6
  11. Laval6
  12. Centre-du-Québec6
  13. Mauricie5
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches5
  15. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  16. Côte-Nord1

Nightshade family 27

Solanales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Solanaceae
All43Solanaceae27Convolvulaceae16
Bitter nightshade2,587 observations
Eastern black nightshade164 observations
Clammy groundcherry151 observations
Japanese-lantern97 observations
Black nightshade70 observations
American black nightshade43 observations
Jimsonweed40 observations
Garden tomato36 observations
Strawberry-tomato36 observations
Green Nightshade35 observations
Black henbane30 observations
Apple of Peru22 observations
Large false groundcherry18 observations
Mexican groundcherry14 observations
Angel's trumpet14 observations
Irish potato12 observations
Horned nightshade5 observations
Bull nettle4 observations
Peruvian groundcherry2 observations
Deadly Nightshade2 observations
Garden Huckleberry2 observations
Sticky nightshade1 observations
Matrimony-vineLycium barbarum
South American tobaccoNicotiana sylvestris
Cutleaf nightshadeSolanum triflorum
Angel's TrumpetBrugmansia arborea
Cultivated tobaccoNicotiana tabacum