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The Nightshade Family (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its a family photo, they don't need to be blood relatives.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so tobacco is not related?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago* (last edited 2 minutes ago)

Yes it is a nightshade. According to Wikipedia, nightshades are plants in the family Solanaceae, and

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae.

I was shocked too. Maybe ToMacco wasn't so farfetched after all.