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Also called 'Woody Nightshade' (Solanum dulcamara), the plant is a member of the potato family.
The striking purple flowers with yellow centres eventually turn to very poisonous red or orange berries later in the year.
The plant - often regarded as a weed - will usually sprawl across the ground unless it can find other plants to use as climbing frames. These in Fermyn Woods were growing up around the trees in the hedgerow. It's mainly seen in hedgerows and on moist grassy banks beside rivers, streams and ponds.
In the Victorian era, Bittersweet symbolised truth.
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