Blue Witch (Solanum umbelliferum) Login         


        Description
  • EW Bloom Jan - Sep
  • Look for a pentagon-shaped flower with a bright yellow center.
  • Branches and leaves are quite hairy.
  • Green fruits turn purple when ripe.
  • This distinctive shrub is widespread in chaparral and oak woodlands.
  • CA native
  • AKA Bluewitch Nightshade
  • Nightshade Family (Solanaceae)



Blue Witch flowers are lavender or blue, pentagon-shaped, and have a yellow center.



Leaves are hairy and smooth edged. Flowers sport green spots at the base of their petals.


Blue Witch is a small shrub that grows to 3 feet. Every part of it is poisonous to eat.

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Blue Witch makes a thick shrub, with many green branches. It grows to 2 or 3 feet tall, and will climb other plants if it gets a chance. All par ...
Leaves connect on short stalks. They are [[alternate]], hairy, smooth-edged, pointed at the tip, and can grow over 1.5 inches long. They often fal ...
5 hairy, green [[sepals]] form a cup at the base of the flower.
Each flower has 5 petals, fused together, forming a pentagon shape about 1 inch across. Lavender or blue petals have distinctive green dots near th ...
Flowers form loose clusters near the top of the stem. Each flower is on a fairly short stalk, about 1/2" long.