Question: Hello Ace. The plant posted here I had tentatively identified from Peterson's Wildflower Guide and the CT Botanical Website as …
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Hello Ace. The plant posted here I had tentatively identified from Peterson's Wildflower Guide and the CT Botanical Website as Enchanter's Nightshade or Circaea letetiana (quadrisulcata). In another conversation here, you identified what seemed to be the same plant as the Broad-leaved Nightshade, specific name canadensis. Have i got the same plant with a different name, or what? Can you unconfuse me? Found in Amesbury Town Forest Jul 18
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Dear Chaffee, we are discussing the same plant, but the field guide and website you are referring to are using older names that are not correct to use (i.e., they are using synonyms of Circaea canadensis). If you examine the Go Botany taxon page for Circaea canadensis, you will note these names you mentioned listed as synonyms (in general, it will be good practice to note what names were formerly used for this species as an aid to avoid confusion). Please let me know if I can assist further.
