Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 12 / 2015
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Northwest
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State
Arkansas
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Posted by
K35513r
Notes:
From what i’ve seen it looks a bit like black nightshade, but has some small thorns on it. Curious if it’s of the nightshade family since it was near the swings and i would hate for someone to ingest one thinking it’s safe to eat. (there’s a lot of toddlers that dont have the best judgement that play at the park.) also, sorry for wrong region, central U.S. isn’t an option, nor is southern
Comments
stone Master Identifier says:
Don’t eat it. horse nettle (Solanum carolinense) http://allthingsplants.com/plants/view/85275/Horse-Nettle-Solanum-carolinense/ Do the kids in arkansas have a habit of ingesting strange foul tasting fruits? Horse nettle is a perennial, so it will take repeated attempts at pulling before it gives up…
July 14th, 2015 at 10:41am