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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: wahaj on September 21, 2006, 18:05:46
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I've got this growing in an overgrown patch. it spears to be a climber growing allong the floor with this lovely little purple flowers with a yellow centre. does anyone know what it is? (the flower's on the bottom right of the pic)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/wahaj17/weed1-1.jpg)
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ooh ooh! i might just asnwer my own question....is it a type of tomatoe? i just noticed the leaves and the size and shape of flower. but what kind of tomatoe has that sort of a flower? and what's it doing on my drive!
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I think you'll find it is dulcamara, part of the solanum (potato) family :-\
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I think you'll find it is dulcamara, part of the solanum (potato) family :-\
ah....i just looked that up and the flower looks the same. should i be worried that it's nightshade? and the fact that if you eat 6 or more berries it can cause paralysis?
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all the solanum family have some degree of poison, including potatoes, so if you are worried about it dig it up and obviously don't eat the berries ::)
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all the solanum family have some degree of poison, including potatoes, so if you are worried about it dig it up and obviously don't eat the berries ::)
oh no....i'm just wondering if it's poisonous to animals.....it's been there for a while. i wonder if it's been killing birds and stuff.
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solanum crispum glasnaven. (can't vouch for the spelling!) No, shouldn't kill birds, they know to leave it alone. However, keep an eye on it as it grows into a tree - not broad stem - and can tend to run a bit wild. Lovely to look at though!
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Doesn't look like Solanum crispum to me - the leaves are wrong. I'd bet some sort of nightshade thing.. I wouldn't worry about birds being poisoned, though. :)
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The leaves look wrong for a nightshade, though the flower does look just like woody nightshade (S. dulcamara).
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Hi
http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/solanaceae/solanum-dulcamara.htm
this might tell you now.
L