Help in identifying plant

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  1. Plotinus

    Plotinus Apprentice Gardener

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    A relative has asked me if I could help in identifying the plant in the attached photo (the one with green acorn-shaped objects on it and the white flower) . It apparently sprung up out of nowhere and is quite tall. As I haven't the faintest idea I was hoping that someone here might be able to help.

    NOTE Duplicate photo attached by mistake.
     

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    Hello,

    Your exotic beastie is a datura. They are grown in gardens here, but in warmer countries they are a weed. Be aware that the plants are poisonous.
     
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    • Ned

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      Those flowers remind me of pricklyburr....Datura Inoxia, but the leaves don`t seem quite right :scratch:
       
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        It looks like Datura stramonium to me.
         
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          Snap @Cinnamon .....aha, it is a Datura then! Stramonium...(thorn apple) :yes:

          longk....I wrote this yesterday, and forgot to click on ''post'' - am losing it
          :wallbanging: :gaah:
           
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            IMG_2734.JPG Please can anyone identify this weed that grows in the most inhospitable situations. I call it "witches revenge" - it gives me the creeps because however careful I am with my weeding it haunts me.
             
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            Many thanks for the info, especially the bit about it being poisonous! I've passed it on and I gather that it is now an ex-plant.

            My first thought last night was to look for a plant identification app, and then I remembered that I had joined a forum that was full of helpful gardeners who would know much, much more than me on the subject. A good decision on my part. :)
             
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            • scillonian

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              Pellitory of the wall. It is in the same family as nettles and Mind your own business ( useless bit of added info for you there) :)
               
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                To a certain degree I can understand the 'fear' of poisonous plants , but this applies to nearly all the plants we grow ! When my son was a toddler he was under strict instructions NEVER to touch any plant in my somewhat well-stocked garden unless authorised .Having now left home I can now cultivate specimens in my 'poison-garden' as I affectionately call it ; Monkshood , Deadly Nightshade , Phytolacca , Solanum laciniatum ,Hyoscyamus etc. to name but a few to my hearts content .
                I always appreciate the somewhat dubious 'mystique' and history of these plants ; don't destroy them ; learn and grow them:th scifD36:
                 
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