Bluewitch nightshade

Solanum umbelliferum, the bluewitch nightshade, is a small evergreen shrub or sub-shrub of the family Solanaceae endemic to California and adjacent Baja California, typically reaching 0.5-1.5 m in height. The much-branched, somewhat hairy grey-green stems bear alternate ovate to lance-shaped leaves 1-4 cm long, with entire or shallowly wavy margins and a soft, finely pubescent surface. From late winter through summer it produces showy, umbel-like cymes of star-shaped flowers 1.5-2.5 cm across, each with five pale violet to lavender-blue petals fused into a wheel and accented by a central beak of bright yellow anthers. The fruits are globose green to purplish-black berries about 1 cm wide containing many small seeds. It grows in chaparral, oak woodland, and coastal scrub on dry slopes and roadsides.