Enchanter's-nightshade - Circaea lutetiana
Alternative names
Enchanter's Nightshade
Description
Short to medium somewhat hairy plant with long slender stolons. Leaves opposite. Flowers white or pinkish, small, 4 to 7 mm in lax racemes with open flowers well spaced.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Woodland and various other shaded habitats.
When to see it
June to September.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Widespread in Britain except for the north of Scotland.
VC55 Status
Quite frequent in shady places in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 246 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsMartinshaw Wood27 June 2009
David GouldBraunstone, Wood Close Plantation28 June 2020 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4605 9411 (6.9.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote06 September 2007
LostashSwithland Woods27 September 2012
David NichollsCloud Wood24 June 2011
Graham CalowBurbage, Elmesthorpe Plantation04 September 2019seeds
David GouldNarborough Bog11 August 2017
AJ CannCloud Wood21 July 2015
 Freeholt Wood Sapcote SP 4605 9411 (6.9.2007).JPG)
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Graham CalowDunton Bassett Quarry16 July 2015
Graham CalowBurbage Wood16 August 2015
Ron.stevensBurbage Common and Woods10 August 2011. Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4912 9314 (taken 4.7.2007)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote04 July 2007
David NichollsCloud Wood24 June 2011
David NichollsCloud Wood24 June 2011
David NichollsUlverscroft14 July 2011
David NichollsSwithland Wood25 August 2011
Craig MabbettDunton Bassett Quarry16 July 2015
David NichollsCloud Wood07 July 2012
Graham CalowBurbage Common and Woods20 June 2014
. Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4912 9314 (taken 4.7.2007)..JPG)
