Plant ID Thread (Merged)

arkonite_babe

magpie wrote: »

Can anyone help me identify a plant that is growing in my greenhouse. I sowed aubergine seeds and this plant came up in amongst them. It has the potato leaves and a white flower with five petals and a yellow centre. There are lots of fruits on the plant that look like small tomatoes.
Any ideas please?

Magpie, I have resized and hosted the pic for you as it was too big for the forum

lindos90

KAAT_LADY wrote: »

It does seem to look like a morning glory,,,,,,,,,,, by the way georgina seems to get everywhere

Georgina does! She is the class toy, who comes home with a child each weekend, and they have to write a diary for her. We did the photos and put the link in her diary for other pupils to have a look at, not used it for anything else, however to show the flower, we had to give it a URL so used this as it was already set up.

Morning glory is a good idea, it was my first impression, as there are blue varieties, but its not a climber, and the flowers are much smaller.

Keep your ideas coming, who knows, I may have discovered a new flower!!!!:rotfl:

tanith

I think this is the one... although I can't see any chinese lanterns on this one..

Common Name:'Morning Glory'Botanical Name:Ipomea sp.Plant Type:Annual VineUSDA Hardiness Zone: AHS Heat Zone: Light Requirements:Full SunWater Usage:MediumSoil Type:Well-DrainedHeight:10 to 15 feetSpread:10 to 15 feetSeason of Bloom:June to SeptemberBloom Color:Blue, Purple, Pink, RedDeciduous/Evergreen:DeciduousNative TX Plant:AdaptedWildlife Value:Hummingbirds; Butterflies

~Chameleon~

The flower looks similar to a morning glory but the leaves are wrong. Leaves on a morning glory have smooth edges and are heart-shaped, but the leaves on this appear to have serrated edges


Could it be a Campanula latifolia?

Davesnave

I think it is Solanum nigrum. See link:

http://www.floralimages.co.uk/psolannigru.htm


If it is, you'd not do yourself any favours eating it raw:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_nightshade

lindos90

tanith wrote: »

I think this is the one... although I can't see any chinese lanterns on this one..

Common Name:'Morning Glory'Botanical Name:Ipomea sp.Plant Type:Annual VineUSDA Hardiness Zone: AHS Heat Zone: Light Requirements:Full SunWater Usage:MediumSoil Type:Well-DrainedHeight:10 to 15 feetSpread:10 to 15 feetSeason of Bloom:June to SeptemberBloom Color:Blue, Purple, Pink, RedDeciduous/Evergreen:DeciduousNative TX Plant:AdaptedWildlife Value:Hummingbirds; Butterflies

Thanks for the link, good idea, but morning glory is a climber, this was quite short (18-24inches high) and the stems were fairly stiff, they did not have a 'winding' habit as morning glory goes.

Thinking about it, the overall impression of the plant is that of the chinese lantern, its spreading habit, height etc, its just the flowers that dont fit in, the chinese lantern I remember as a child had quite insignificant little cream flowers, it was the orange lanterns that were the main thing.....Mmmm still a mystery!

lindos90

OOOOOOOHHH, think Ive found it by accident on google images, and by the look of it, it is poisonous!!

http://rxwildlife.org.uk/?p=2553

Nicandra physaloides or Shoo fly plant.

Thanks for all your help, it really got me motivated to do a bit more digging around myself (no pun intended!!)

~Chameleon~

I've found it!!!!

It's Nicandra physalodes 'Violacea'

http://www.gapphotos.com/imageresults.asp?txtsearchterm=nicandra


ETA: Oooooops I see you've also found it

Yes it is poisonous, it's a member of the Solanaceae family which includes deadly nightshade!!! :eek:

ETA2: Having said that I can't find anything that actually says it's poisonous and judging by some sites it's just an ordinary perennial

http://theseedsite.co.uk/profile331.html

Davesnave

It's a good gap filler. Gets about 3' high.....quickly. Can be eaten by S&S though when young. Not really dangerous.

lindos90

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

I've found it!!!!

It's Nicandra physalodes 'Violacea'

http://www.gapphotos.com/imageresults.asp?txtsearchterm=nicandra


ETA: Oooooops I see you've also found it

Yes it is poisonous, it's a member of the Solanaceae family which includes deadly nightshade!!! :eek:

ETA2: Having said that I can't find anything that actually says it's poisonous and judging by some sites it's just an ordinary perennial

http://theseedsite.co.uk/profile331.html

Thanks for that Chameleon, we must have been searching in the same places!!!:beer:

I might keep the seeds until next spring and give them a go!