White wildflower with berries for ID, please

Mr Speckler · #1 (**permalink**) 21-09-2008, 06:40 AM

Hi, Can anyone help me with this little flower?

I found it growing in the middle of a gravel track in woodland, Pretty much in full sun.

Thank you for your help.
Colin

Wild-Woman · #2 (**permalink**) 21-09-2008, 07:19 AM

Think this is one from the Nightshade family.

wildherbalian85 · #3 (**permalink**) 21-09-2008, 07:25 AM

This is black nightshade - solanum nigrum

Wild-Woman · #4 (**permalink**) 21-09-2008, 07:30 AM

Pretty sure in saying the plant is very poisonous.

KeenTeen17 · #5 (**permalink**) 21-09-2008, 11:09 AM

it looks like black nightshade. but could be green nightshade. Keep checking on that plant every once in a while to see what colour the berries are. If they turn black it is black nightshade. If they stay green its green nightshade.

wildherbalian85 · #6 (**permalink**) 21-09-2008, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Pretty sure in saying the plant is very poisonous.

its poisonous but its very rarely deadly... only in the extreams of cases were high quantities are involved will it be deadly. It contains solanine which is the same stuff that woody nightshade contains, it is also found in the green parts of potatoes, anyway if injested it can make you very very sick indeed.

Black nightshade berries are eaten in some parts of the world but only when they are fully ripe.

Mr Speckler · #7 (**permalink**) 23-09-2008, 04:47 PM

Thank you very much for your replies. I will watch to see if the berries turn black. Once you gave me the ID I did some research and now I know a lot more about another little something. Brilliant, thank you.