Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
03 / 23 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Posted by
kd
Notes:
Melon like fruit, prickly , thorny leaves
Melon like fruit, prickly , thorny leaves
Comments
stone Master Identifier says:
In Florida… Solanum viarum is far more likely than the other solanums… The leaf pics that you posted were mighty pretty, and reminded me of Solanum pyracanthum, ‘ Porcupine Tomato’ which is gorgeous. http://masteringhorticulture.blogspot.com/2012/09/horticoolture-armored-plant.html I’ll eventually break down and order seeds for my garden…
March 27th, 2014 at 9:19am
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/426 for information if you decide it is TSA…
March 27th, 2014 at 9:47am
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
Looks like Solanum viarum to me, or Tropical Soda Apple. This is on both the Federal and Florida Noxious Weed lists. It is toxic if ingested. I’d say you should kill it.
March 27th, 2014 at 9:56am
kd Apprentice says:
I live in S. W. Florida, zone 10.
March 26th, 2014 at 6:47pm
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
Just a note, you didn’t put a location of the plant in your original posting, like Paducah, KY or Atlanta, GA or Collinsport, ME. It can help if we know what locale so we know what zone you are in and what might grow there or not.
March 26th, 2014 at 9:50am
stone Master Identifier says:
Hmmm… Here’a a plant that looks like a watermelon… And is actually another solanum. Buffalo burr nightshade… http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2006/07/24/buffalobur-nightshade-a-very-evil-plant/ Where are you gardening?
March 25th, 2014 at 9:53pm
kd Apprentice says:
It is growing in a garden bed where I grew sun moon and stars heirloom melons last summer. Looks like watermelon vine except the thorns on the leaves?
March 24th, 2014 at 7:19pm
stone Master Identifier says:
Solanum quitoense? Solanum hirtum? Where is it growing? Looks like a deliberately planted ornamental.
March 24th, 2014 at 1:29pm