Can anybody ID this plant/weed for me?

Last post 06-09-2011 8:14 PM by jon jon . 5 replies.

• 05/09/2011 03:37 PM

  Mad Weedwhacker Location: Benfleet Joined on: 20 May 2011 Posts: 7

  Reply | Contact Hi can anybody please help ID this plant/weed that has seeded itself in my garden. The flowers are lavender in colour and trumpet shaped, sorry no pictures of the flowers. Photos of foliage and seed pod links: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63134385@N03/6116445254/in/set-72157627474800349 http://www.flickr.com/photos/63134385@N03/6111952494/in/set-72157627474800349 Thanks in advance.

• 05/09/2011 05:49 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 9,505	Reply | Contact Datura stramonium? http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=536 sue1002

• 05/09/2011 10:23 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 4,596	Reply | Contact  The leaves do look like a datura. http://patsysplot.blogspot.co.uk/

• 05/09/2011 11:07 PM

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  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,419

  Reply | Contact Seed pod fits as well.   http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=datura+ripe+seed+pod+open&um=1&hl=en&sa=G&rls=p,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7SUNA_en-GB&tbm=isch&tbnid=7eOMHxtHmADjuM:&imgrefurl=http://www.santafebotanicalgarden.org/vessels-of-life/&docid=unsa-FkL9wEPiM&w=300&h=272&ei=U0dlTpmPLMKt8gOo85GnCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=767&vpy=163&dur=1625&hovh=214&hovw=236&tx=110&ty=106&page=1&tbnh=109&tbnw=129&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0&biw=1272&bih=500

• 06/09/2011 10:17 AM	In reply to
  Mad Weedwhacker Location: Benfleet Joined on: 20 May 2011 Posts: 7	Reply | Contact Thanks everybody, glad I asked, I shall now dispose of it carefully!

• 06/09/2011 08:14 PM	In reply to
  jon jon Location: stratford on avon Joined on: 18 Sep 2009 Posts: 288	Reply | Contact We used to get these Thorn apples in amongst spring onions ,we believe the seed came from USA