Treeza wrote:
Hi all, I'm new here so I hope I've selected an appropriate group.
I have a wierd plant which has taken up residence in my garden. It
grew from seed, probably dropped by the birds, and I've not been able
to identify it so far...

It's about 18 inches high so far (grown from seed this year), and has
a prickly fruit and white flower with a very broad leaf.

You can see pictures of the plant here ...


http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/m.t...zrOlFB38HXVEVt




Can anyone help?

Many thanks,

Treeza.

Stramonium. Datura. Devil's Apple. Jamestown-weed. Jimson-weed. Stinkweed.
Devil's Trumpet. Apple of Peru.

halucagenic, causing dizziness, drowsyness, nausea, coma and death, so don't
eat the fruit, nor any other part of it for that matter, the seeds being the
worst culprit for causing death, but the rest of the plant is used in herbal
medicine, but I wouldn't try any of this at home:

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/t/thorna12.html