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help identify this plant please

kirsty822001
kirsty822001 Posts: 414 Forumite
edited 26 August 2010 at 8:28PM in Gardening
HI please can someone enlighten me as to what this plant is? It has flowers, has very prickly bits, one of which i sliced open ,,its full of tiny seeds. I think its some type of weed maybe but really have no clue!! thanks in advance to any answers!
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  • Sally_A
    Sally_A Posts: 2,266 Forumite
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    Wow! never seen one of those before, I can't get a scale from the pics, how big is the seed pod thingy?
  • serena
    serena Posts: 2,387 Forumite
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    Datura stramonium - thorn apple.



    Poisonous!!!! I suggest you remove and destroy.:D
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  • ERICS_MUM
    ERICS_MUM Posts: 3,579 Forumite
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    serena wrote: »
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    Datura stramonium - thorn apple.



    Poisonous!!!! I suggest you remove and destroy.:D

    and wear gardening gloves when you do it :eek:
  • kirsty822001
    kirsty822001 Posts: 414 Forumite
    serena wrote: »
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    Datura stramonium - thorn apple.



    Poisonous!!!! I suggest you remove and destroy.:D

    OMGOODNESS that was fast serena!!:T
    thankyou sooo much, its a friends who asked me this evening,,nasty looking thing appeared in their new raised bed. Thanks again for swift reply will tell her to destroy it ;-)
    Life happens when you are busy making other plans ;)

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  • kirsty822001
    kirsty822001 Posts: 414 Forumite
    ERICS_MUM wrote: »
    and wear gardening gloves when you do it :eek:
    ah ok,,wow i held a bit to bring it home,,and was very itchy and wheezy after holding it,,thought it was from her stables nearby,,guess it was this plant,,will tell her to get rid asap as they have a young family.
    Life happens when you are busy making other plans ;)

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  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
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    Their are cultivated forms of datura,and they are highly poisenous too.
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