An unknown and a Daisy

[Dave A]

The first flower was in a hedge and was the only one in the entire hedge. Any guesses of an ID would be appreciated. Second image is a Sun Daisy I believe.
C&C welcome.

Dave

[RandyRFJP]

Great captures. The first one is deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). It's common in Illinois. It will produce small green berries which turn to bright red, and then a deep purple. I've never seen black-colored berries on the plant. See this link:

http://www.homeremediess.com/bellado...l-uses-images/

I strongly advise AGAINST using it for any medicinal purposes without consulting a fully licensed physician.

The second image looks to me to be some sort of lily.

[Dave A]

Great captures. The first one is deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). It's common in Illinois. It will produce small green berries which turn to bright red, and then a deep purple. I've never seen black-colored berries on the plant. See this link:

http://www.homeremediess.com/bellado...l-uses-images/

I strongly advise AGAINST using it for any medicinal purposes without consulting a fully licensed physician.

The second image looks to me to be some sort of lily.

Thank you Randy, good info.

Dave

[IzzieK]

The second one is a day lily. I have different coloured ones in my back garden, some even tri-coloured which I am trying to pot a sample colour of each for my porch.

[Shadowman]

Nice shots.

[JohnRostron]

The first flower is what I have always known (on this side of the pond) as Woody Nightshade Solanum dulcemara. I was surprised by the IDs of Deadly Nightshade. I looked on Google images for Deadly Nightshade and about half of the hits are what I call Deadly and the other half Woody Nightshade. I must admit that when I were a lad, and I found Woody Nightshade, I identified it as Deadly Nightshade, until I was put right.

Bear in mind that Woody Nightshade is still pretty poisonous.

John

[RandyRFJP]

The first flower is what I have always known (on this side of the pond) as Woody Nightshade Solanum dulcemara. I was surprised by the IDs of Deadly Nightshade. I looked on Google images for Deadly Nightshade and about half of the hits are what I call Deadly and the other half Woody Nightshade. I must admit that when I were a lad, and I found Woody Nightshade, I identified it as Deadly Nightshade, until I was put right.

Bear in mind that Woody Nightshade is still pretty poisonous.

John

Thanks, John, for correcting my incorrect identification. I've known it as deadly nightshade based on an ID given to me by an Indiana State Naturalist 30+ years ago. It's interesting that the link I posted for Dave above shows two distinctly different versions of flowers as belong to a deadly nightshade plant, with the first photo correctly ID'ed and the 2nd photo (which matches Dave's photo) misidentified.

[marlunn]

also known as Bittersweet, but key point is - no matter the common name - its not something to snack on
Thats the problem with a lot of common names, but as John has listed, its latin name is Solanum dulcamara, that at least is the same no matter where you are.