This noxious weed is hard to control on cattle lands. The red berries are poisonous - often called deadly nightshade. Can grow directly among the rocks of the coastal zone. Stems can be woody. The leaves are three parted but not the typical clover-leaf shape.
White camas is very common plant along the dry dunes and backshore in areas of full sun.
The urn-shaped flowers and stems with no leaves is diagnostic. All parts of the plant are poisonous if eaten. Flowers July and August. The stem is square with numerous, small white to pinkish flowers. This plant likes the wet area so is often found very close to the waterline among the rocks or in the wet meadow.