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Anyone know what this plant is please? Deadly nightshade family?

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iknowimcoming · 29/07/2021 11:13

So this thing grew in one of my planters, at first I thought it was a dahlia (when it was tiny) but when it grew it was obviously not, looked a bit like a chilli when it started flowering and as I am thrifty and always recycle compost when seeds don't grow I assumed it was something I'd tried to grow but had taken ages to germinate. Thought I'd leave it and see what it turned into as I love a mystery.

Top gardener friend came round and used her magic app and said it was deadly nightshade but another friend said that peppers are part of the nightshade family so could be that. I googled deadly nightshade and it said flowers are purple (as are berries)  so now the fruit is growing in clusters which don't look like peppers or chillis to me. So gardening gurus - what is it d'ya reckon please?

Anyone know what this plant is please? Deadly nightshade family?
Anyone know what this plant is please? Deadly nightshade family?
Anyone know what this plant is please? Deadly nightshade family?
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yamadori · 29/07/2021 16:02

I think it is black nightshade, solanum nigrum which has white flowers. Not deadly but still poisonous, and a native wild flower in the UK.

iknowimcoming · 29/07/2021 16:51

Fantastic- thanks @yamadori, guess I'll pull it out then!

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MereDintofPandiculation · 30/07/2021 11:05

Agree black nightshade. The ripe berries are eaten - though wiki suggests that there are edible strains and non edible strains. Leaves of edible strains are eaten too.

I don’t advise eating an unknown seedling.

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