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Help identifying a plant?

9 years ago

Hello!
I recently had a sprout pop up in a terrarium, and it has since flourished and been moved to its own pot. Now it has flowered and I still can't figure out what it is.
The flower petals are white with light purple. The underside of the leaves and the stem (more towards the bottom) are also a purple hue.
I live in NJ. The terrarium had soil from an old garden in my backyard, and there are some common mosses that I picked up hiking in north NJ and upstate NY.
Anyone have any ideas as to what it could be?

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Comments (3)

carol23_gw
9 years ago
A Solanum of some type.
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
9 years ago
The rounded leaf bases suggest Solanum sarrachoides (Hairy Nightshade). That species does show up in New Jersey. We also have it in Arkansas. It usually shows up as single plants, or in very small colonies, and doesn't appear to be aggressively invasive here.

Here is a link that might be useful: Solanum sarrachoides
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
many of them are very poisonous ... in every aspect ....

i would sterilize my media.. before using it in .. see link ..

this not only avoids weed seeds.. but also bug eggs... of which .. if you had one.. there is the potential for the other ...

personally... i do it.. regardless of that the bag says ...

but that is for next time.. i would not tear up the whole thing for one weed ...

ken

Here is a link that might be useful: link

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