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BILLy

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Hi guys
Been doing some hunting and came across this plant which we (my dog) walked through and only when I got home tried to look it up, is it the deadly nightshade?
Kind regards
Bill
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And it was growing amongst turnips grown for cattle, could this be a problem for the farmer if they got mixed together? Also although my dog and I only walked through them, could there be any harm to either of us? I would only think if I ate some, but always worth an ask
Thanks again
Bill


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Dec 6, 2013
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I think it's BLACK NIGHTSHADE rather than the Deadly nightshade, Still poisonous but not as nasty as deadly nightshade can be.....the deadly has purple flowers as far as I know.

D.B.
 

awarner

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Apr 14, 2012
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I would say Black Nightshade as well with the white flowers, this is one area where internet searching fails as you can find this plant images listed as deadly nightshade as well as a flood of mistakenly identified woody nightshade (purple flower with the petals folded back) which you will find Americans tend to make this mistake and call it the deadly variety. Woody nightshade also has red berries where the deadly has black.
 
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scarfell

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Deadly nightshade berries grow singly rather than in bunches, looks like black nightshade to me...think there is more than one species going by that name?

Quick read suggests black nightshade is actually used for food, prepared correctly; although identifying the correct species would probably very very important! Berries are supposeto be sweet and salty with a hint of liquorice
 
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boatman

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Even living in London growing up in the fifties we knew about nightshades,freely growing on our playground bombsites. Perhaps there was an over emphasis on potentially poisonous plants that inhibited foraging but parents did tell their children about such things.Plenty of abandoned fruit trees and bushes in the gardens of the bombed houses though to satisfy appetites in season, even if harvested a bit unripe sometimes.
 

BILLy

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Thanks all, would it be of interest for me to tell the farmer as it's growing amongst turnips?
Cheers
Bill


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Fraxinus

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It may well do. If you have enough cause for concern it will not do any harm in letting the farmer know. If it turns out to be of no concern to the farmer you will be better informed and can pass that on to others, and of cause visa versa.

Rob.
 

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