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What's this plant?

11 years ago

Found this in the garden

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kaliaman
11 years ago
its in the nightshade family, a relative of tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers, tobacco, etc.
mistascott
11 years ago
Looks like Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) to me but I don't know the genus well enough to say for sure.
vetivert8
11 years ago
Solanum chenopodioides perhaps?

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