Plant ID

[Idontlike]

My app doesn’t recognise it.
I had been hopeful that it was a much loved Dahlia. I planted my last remaining seed in this pot from a stunning dahlia that, sadly, rotted away.
If it’s just some sort of weed I won’t worry myself trying to protect it over winter, it definitely isn’t my lovely dahlia though.
Thanks.

Looks like a chilli but could be many things. Can’t offhand think of a wildflower that looks like that, so worth growing on.

Actually, it’s not a chilli because of the way the leaf runs down the leaf stalk

It looks a bit like a bella di notte/4 o'clock plant, I have one I planted in the ground last year that only came up a few weeks ago.

I see where you’re coming from, but 4 o’clock plant, Mirabilis jalapa, doesn’t have that bit of leaf running down the stem, in fact it’s leaves are slightly cordate (heart shaped) at the base

Some kind of pepper according to this website identify.plantnet.org

It must be something that’s blown on the wind. It was a new bag of potting compost when I planted the dahlia seed.
Nothing happened for the longest time then this started to grow. It’s on a raised terrace and there is a brick wall between the terrace and then a drop down to the garden.

I guess I will just have to see what develops.

Could be a pepper. I said chilli, but discounted it because of the way the leaves run down the stem, but sweet peppers do seem to have the leaf running down the stem.

Everything else, leaf shape, apparent texture, looks like pepper

Been looking at leaves the past few days - some chillies do have that leaf base. Could also be black nightshade, a wildflower

It could be Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara), another member of the pepper/tomato family as others have suggested.

Interestingly there was a bittersweet plant growing up through a shrub the other side of the wall, no idea where that came from but I only noticed it when the flowers started blooming, possibly this one has come from wherever that one came from too.

This tiny thing hasn’t grown bigger than this in around 3 months though but I will have to get rid of it, rather than see what develops, as bittersweet are poisonous to cats.

I doubt cats would eat them, having had many cats for 25+ years in a garden with lots of Bittersweet. They are toxic and taste like their name, pretty berries though.