What is this plant?
By Davidnw3
United Kingdom
This has mysteriously (self-seeded?) in my living roof garden! What on earth is it? The berry starts green and goes purple/black. It is small.
- 13 Sep, 2009
Answers
Thank you Jonathan....I had no idea!
13 Sep, 2009
It is indeed Black Nightshade.
17 Sep, 2009
I think your plant is Black Nightshade. I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility it is Deadly Nightshade, but I'd say 'Black' is more likely, due to the way the berries are arranged in a cluster. Very toxic. It doesn't have any attractiveness as such, or any ornamental value. The plant just makes leaves and rather poisonous berries, so I would recommend destroying it. Symptoms if ingested are: nausea, vomiting, profuse diarrhoea and colic, headache and respiratory depression, cold clammy skin or fever, and delirium with slow or fast pulse. But deaths are rare.
13 Sep, 2009