It just started ferociously growing in our caladium bed. It’s starting to get blooms on it but I have no idea what it is. I like it and appreciate its tenacity. Any ideas what it is?
I think you might have a backyard garden PEPPER plant, lucky you…
I live in central Florida
Chaoszhul4D
Weed is a social construct. If you want it there it’s not weed.
brianfig
Wait a minute – this is a wild Huckleberry plant, and it will produce lots of black Huckleberry fruit from white flowers; I had one in my backyard garden where a wild bird dropped a seed, then it took root and grew really nice, the winter winds killed it off. But yours is by a protected backyard fence for wind protection
brianfig
HUCKLEBERRY for sure thing 👍
tarapotamus
Cayenne peppers is my guess! Congratulations!
brianfig
or it’s a Pepper 🫑🌶️ plant, I’m not sure.
SnooCookies7119
If you can roll a joint with it, yes
Equivalent_Pepper969
It’s a nightshade, the flowers are very fragrant. I forget the name
oblivious_fireball
Definitely something in the Nightshade family. Could be a volunteer pepper plant, or could be a wild species of nightshade. Once its fully in bloom and fruiting you might get a clear idea. If it doesn’t distinctly resemble a cultivated variety of pepper, do not eat.
Tassereine
A plant is only a weed if it’s growing where you do not want it.
WritPositWrit
Well thats not a caladium!! It looks a bit too enthusiastic, it’s going to try to takeover.
I think it looks more like an amaranth than a pepper plant.
crow-mama
That some kind of nightshade , not sure what kind but some are poisonous and some are edible , so my advice is don’t eat it
Simple-Alps3398
According to my Plant identifier app it is American Black Night Shade and is highly toxic to humans and pets. Considered a weed.
science_nerdd
A weed is just a plant that you didn’t intend on growing in a place you didn’t want it to grow…
CrazyMildred
Weeds are subjective. If it’s somewhere people don’t want it, they call it a weed.
Take dandelions for example. Lots of people think of them as weeds, when they actually tell you a lot about your soil. They tell you that your soil is very compacted and probably has a calcium deficiency. When they grow, their roots aerate the soil and when they die back, they add calcium to the soil. Another benefit is that the early pollinators depend on them for food before the other flowers grow.
Before assuming a plant is a weed, definitely keep asking others about the plant and research what the plant can tell you about the quality of your soil. You did the right thing by asking 🙂
RageUntilRespawn
Looks like a nightshade plant.
Due_Entrance9788
Looks like a pepper
SnooStrawberries2955
It’s an atropa species. Some kind of nightshade – I’m guessing belladonna as it’s bushy. Beautiful plant!
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Im in central eastern Florida
Looks like a fruiting PEPPER 🌶️🫑 plant
I think you might have a backyard garden PEPPER plant, lucky you…
I live in central Florida
Weed is a social construct. If you want it there it’s not weed.
Wait a minute – this is a wild Huckleberry plant, and it will produce lots of black Huckleberry fruit from white flowers; I had one in my backyard garden where a wild bird dropped a seed, then it took root and grew really nice, the winter winds killed it off. But yours is by a protected backyard fence for wind protection
HUCKLEBERRY for sure thing 👍
Cayenne peppers is my guess! Congratulations!
or it’s a Pepper 🫑🌶️ plant, I’m not sure.
If you can roll a joint with it, yes
It’s a nightshade, the flowers are very fragrant. I forget the name
Definitely something in the Nightshade family. Could be a volunteer pepper plant, or could be a wild species of nightshade. Once its fully in bloom and fruiting you might get a clear idea. If it doesn’t distinctly resemble a cultivated variety of pepper, do not eat.
A plant is only a weed if it’s growing where you do not want it.
Well thats not a caladium!! It looks a bit too enthusiastic, it’s going to try to takeover.
I think it looks more like an amaranth than a pepper plant.
That some kind of nightshade , not sure what kind but some are poisonous and some are edible , so my advice is don’t eat it
According to my Plant identifier app it is American Black Night Shade and is highly toxic to humans and pets. Considered a weed.
A weed is just a plant that you didn’t intend on growing in a place you didn’t want it to grow…
Weeds are subjective. If it’s somewhere people don’t want it, they call it a weed.
Take dandelions for example. Lots of people think of them as weeds, when they actually tell you a lot about your soil. They tell you that your soil is very compacted and probably has a calcium deficiency. When they grow, their roots aerate the soil and when they die back, they add calcium to the soil. Another benefit is that the early pollinators depend on them for food before the other flowers grow.
Before assuming a plant is a weed, definitely keep asking others about the plant and research what the plant can tell you about the quality of your soil. You did the right thing by asking 🙂
Looks like a nightshade plant.
Looks like a pepper
It’s an atropa species. Some kind of nightshade – I’m guessing belladonna as it’s bushy. Beautiful plant!