Strange weed

[kazedwards]

I found this weed in my landscaping by the house. I pulled it a few weeks ago without really looking at it. We worked on the front of the house yesterday and I found it all dried up but with berries?

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I thought it was bindweed when it pulled it and didn't take a close look at it. I do remember that it had similar flowers to bindweed. Now it has berries that look like tomatoes. Also has thorns on stem and leaves.

[khoomeizhi]

'horse nettle' Solanum carolinense

it's a perennial with a big fleshy root, so it'll probably be back. the flower is less like bindweed than like a potato flower.

[kazedwards]

I found a living plant in the field.

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I think it is horse nettle after a search for it. The only thing I could find before is S. aculeastissimum but it is only in warmer climates.

[kazedwards]

Thanks for the help

[nathanp]

The berries/fruit look just like potato berries. Interesting. I wonder how close it is genetically.

[kazedwards]

It is a nightshade. From what I have read it is toxic though

[kazedwards]

What about this? It has almost sticky leaves and small berries too.

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