JayPoc
Greener Thumb
Posts: 769
Joined: Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:00 pm
Location: Virginia, The mountains Zone 6a/6b

Strange wild weed with berries like tiny watermelons

This is growing down by the foot of the drive. It has thorny stems, white flowers, and is making these cute little round berries that almost look like miniature watermelons. Any ideas?

Image

Image

User avatar
Mr_bobo_
Senior Member
Posts: 291
Joined: Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:57 pm
Location: Croatia

Ohh Ohh that weed !
Solanum nigrum. (maybe it is not nigrum, but it's Solanum and weed looks like)
Have flowers same as potato. Did he have something under ground? If not - weed.
Berries are poisonous!

User avatar
pinksand
Greener Thumb
Posts: 869
Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:13 am
Location: Columbia, MD

I agree, definitely looks like some type of nightshade.

User avatar
!potatoes!
Greener Thumb
Posts: 1938
Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:13 pm
Location: wnc - zones 6/7 line

solanum carolinense, horsenettle.

Luch
Newly Registered
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:33 pm

Definitely solanum linnaeanum



Return to “Plant Identification”