Posted by georgebunter on May 4, 2011, 4:12 pm
Strange question, and perhaps in the wrong place, but I work in a
hospital where sometimes people eat things they shouldn't. Should this
plant be removed? There is some concern it looks a bit like deadly
nightshade!
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georgebunter
Posted by Nelly on May 5, 2011, 9:28 am
"georgebunter" wrote in message
Strange question, and perhaps in the wrong place, but I work in a
hospital where sometimes people eat things they shouldn't. Should this
plant be removed? There is some concern it looks a bit like deadly
nightshade!
[image: http://i54.tinypic.com/w7ena8.jpg ]
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Is the food there that bad?
That looks like Mahonia. Pretty innocuous plant.
Posted by echinosum on May 6, 2011, 11:29 am
georgebunter;919949 Wrote:
> Strange question, and perhaps in the wrong place, but I work in a
> hospital where sometimes people eat things they shouldn't. Should this
> plant be removed? There is some concern it looks a bit like deadly
> nightshade!
>
> [image: http://i54.tinypic.com/w7ena8.jpg ]
It looks nothing like deadly nightshade. Deadly nightshade leaves don't
have indentations, and deadly nightshade berries sit in a 5-pointed
leafy cup. 'Atropa belladonna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia'
(http://tinyurl.com/2qtffk )
It is mahonia, which is edible, though not always palatable unless
sufficiently ripe and juicy.
Gardens are typically full of poisonous plants, but we don't go around
pulling them out, unless we identify some specific garden user likely to
be tempted to eat that specific plant.
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echinosum
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> hospital where sometimes people eat things they shouldn't. Should this
> plant be removed? There is some concern it looks a bit like deadly
> nightshade!
>
> [image: http://i54.tinypic.com/w7ena8.jpg ]