one that somebody else looked up

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

wandering through the ruins I came across these little gems.  I haven't had the time to look them up but will come back and revise this post once I acquire some clue as to what they are. 
[ed: many thanks to florentinescot for the identification]

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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Solanum carolinense a/k/a Horse Nettle

Comments

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Horse nettle.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=horse+nettle&btnG=Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

IIRC, they're poisonous

re: they're poisonous

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for tracking this one down.  funny how something that looks so attractive can be such a nuisance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_horsenettle). 

Re: they're poisonous

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

It really is. And they have all those prickles on them -- so they're not an easy thing to get rid of! The other thing that lots of folks don't always understand -- just because it's native and not introduced doesn't mean that it can't be invasive either!

Here's the plants.usda.gov page on Solanums
http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=solanum&mode=sciname&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

funny thing is I now realise, from looking at the fruit, that we've got some of this back in the Grove.  it's in the upper field.  I hadn't known what it was and hadn't ever seen it in bloom -- will have to watch for that (not to mention watching out for it) later in the season. 

thanks again for the identification. 

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Most of the fruits on Solanaceous things look alike -- even Tomatos (and potato flowers ...) Deadly nightshade doesn't look that different except that the fruits are smaller.

thanks again for the identification.

You're more than welcome!

[nienna-nineve.livejournal.com]

I guessed aright!
It looked like some sort of Nightshade to me, though I had no idea exactly which. I always thought this family looked beautiful, in spite of (or maybe partly because of) the toxins.

Thank you for sharing these pictures. The colours are lovely!