{"id":16184,"date":"2019-10-08T09:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=16184"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:12:06","slug":"poisonous-lookalike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=16184","title":{"rendered":"Poisonous Lookalike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/horse-nettle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16185\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/horse-nettle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/horse-nettle-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/horse-nettle-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/horse-nettle.jpg 1249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>Alarmingly-Thorned Plant<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This rather scary plant (look at all those thorns!) is a type of wildflower that I first spotted a couple of years ago but never got around to identifying. When I saw it this year, it was late in the day, so this is not a good picture of the flowers. It does give a good idea of the plant&#8217;s overall appearance, though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing this plant&#8217;s flowers and leaf structure, I suspected  that it was a nightshade. When I later saw its fruit, I was almost certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0931-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16186\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0931-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0931-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_0931-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption>This is a picture from 2017. It&#8217;s two years old, so I can&#8217;t be 100% sure, but I think it&#8217;s a picture of the fruit that this kind of plant produces.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After researching this plant, I believe that it is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solanum_carolinense\">horse nettle<\/a>, which is indeed a nightshade. Horse nettle is not a very nice plant. Not only is it thorny, but it&#8217;s also poisonous. Horse nettle often ends up on lists of poisonous lookalikes because the fruit looks tomato-y (one of its common names &#8220;devil&#8217;s tomato&#8221;). Don&#8217;t let the fruit fool you. You do not want to eat any part of this plant, and neither does your horse, if you have one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This rather scary plant (look at all those thorns!) is a type of wildflower that I first spotted a couple of years ago but never got around to identifying. 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