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Strange green prickly plant (identification please)
weirdgreenthing
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in Plants
Hi folks,
I hope you dont mind me asking if anyone knows what this interesting looking plant is?
It seems to have appeared over a very short space of time, and we have no idea where it came from.
many thanks.
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Datura stramonium,
Thornapple
In the sticks near Peterborough
That was quick. Many thanks. I just googled the name you gave, and it supposed to flower? I can see no flowers on this plant. Is it to early for it to flower?
Thanks.
Its supposed to be quite toxic. But as I dont plan on eating it any time soon, and I think it looks interesting I will leave it there.
Cheers.
You must have missed the flowers...the sputnik thing is the seed pod.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Datura+stramonium,&rlz=1C1GNAM_en-GBGB687GB687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb97GB7-_VAhWsKcAKHcq3Al8Q_AUICigB&biw=1536&bih=759
those prickly things are the seed pods, flowers were before them.
It's an annual.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Great information folks, thank you very much. Isnt it interesting how life spreads itself around the world. I read this plant is native to Mexico.
Thanks.