Solanaceae

Deadly nightshade

Atropa bella-donna L.

Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Atropa

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Common names

By language (74)

Arabic: ست الحسن, بيلادونا, نبات ست الحسن
Armenian: Բելադոննա
arz: ست الحسن
Asturian: Belladona
azb: عادی خانیم اوْتو
Azerbaijani: Adi xanımotu, İspan xanımotu
Basque: Belaiki
Belarusian: Красаўка, Воўчыя ягады
Bosnian: Bunika
Breton: Benede
Bulgarian: Беладона, Белладонна, Лудо биле, Младо биле
Cantonese: 顛茄
Catalan: Belladona
Chinese: 顛茄, 颠茄, 颠茄草, 印度颠茄, 毒药黑樱桃, 美女草, 美妇颠茄, 西班牙樱桃
Corsican: Belladonna
Croatian: Veliki bun
csb: Wilczô jagòda
Czech: Rulík zlomocný, Čertova třešeň
Danish: Galnebær, Deadly nightshade
Dutch: Wolfskers, Slaapbes
English: Deadly nightshade, Belladonna, Banewort, Devil's berries, Devil's herb, Dwayberry, Caucasian belladonna
Esperanto: Beladono
Estonian: Must belladonna, Karumustikas
Finnish: Belladonna, Lemmonmarja, Myrkkykoiso
French: Belladone, Belladonne
frr: Belladonna
Galician: Beladona
Georgian: Ბელადონა, Კავკასიური ბელადონა
German: Schwarze Tollkirsche, Indische Tollkirsche, Wolfsbeere
grc: Ἱππόφλομος
Greek: Μπελαντόνα
Haitian Creole: Bèl dam
Hebrew: בלדונה
Hindi: बेलाडोना
hsb: Čorny rulik
Hungarian: Nadragulya, Maszlagos nadragulya
Indonesian: Beladona
io: Beladono
Irish: Belladonna, Lus díoth mór, Lus mór na coille, Lus na hoíche
Italian: Belladonna
Japanese: ベラドンナ, オオカミナスビ, オオハシリドコロ, セイヨウハシリドコロ, ベラドンナコン, ベラドンナ根
kab: Bla iduɣ
Kazakh: Ïtjïdek, Итжидек, ىيتجىيدەك
Korean: 벨라돈나풀, 벨라도나풀, 벨라돈나
kw: Morel
Latin: Solanum
Latvian: Beladonna, Melnā velnoga, Vilkoga
Lithuanian: Vaistinė šunvyšnė
Macedonian: Обична помамница, Обичен балан
Malayalam: ബല്ലഡോണ
mzn: جمشیدکوش
Norwegian Bokmål: Belladonnaurt, Belladonna
Occitan: Beladòna
os: Белладоннæ
pcd: Putréle
Persian: شابیزک, شاه بیزک, شاهبیزک
Polish: Pokrzyk wilcza jagoda, Wilcza jagoda
Portuguese: Beladona, Belladonna, Cereja-de-bruxa
Romanian: Mătrăgună
Russian: Белладонна, Беладонна, Белладонна обыкновенная, Белладонны листья, Бешенная вишня, Бешенная ягода, Вишня бешенная, Красавка европейская
Sanskrit: काकमाची
Serbian: Велебиље, Velebilje
Slovak: Ľuľkovec zlomocný
Slovenian: Volčja češnja
Spanish: Belladona, Beladona, Belladama, Belladonna, Solano furioso, Solano mayor
Swedish: Belladonna, Kaukasisk belladonna
Tamil: டெட்லி நைட்ஷெட், அட்ரோபா பேடிகா
Tatar: Гади эт җиләге
Turkish: Güzelavrat otu, Güzelavratotu
Ukrainian: Беладона, Беладона звичайна, Белладонна
Uzbek: Belladonna
Walloon: Bele-dame, Gurzale do Diale
Welsh: Codwarth
wuu: 颠茄

Synonyms

Atropa baetica Willk.
Atropa bella-donna f. lutea (Döll) G.Dietr.
Atropa bella-donna subsp. bella-donna
Atropa bella-donna subsp. caucasica (Kreyer) V.E.Avet.
Atropa bella-donna var. lutea Döll
Atropa caucasica Kreyer
Belladonna baccifera (L.) Lam.
Boberella belladonna (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Pauia belladonna Deb & R.M.Dutta

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.