Mystery plant

[ChrisB]

I bought this at our Belford AGM the other week.  It has been grown from SRGC seed apparently but the seller lost the label.  Can anyone give it a name for me please?  The flower looks a bit like those of the solanaceae family, but not certain.  Foliage is very soft and furry, and main stem is woody.

[Maggi Young]

Hyoscyamus niger, Christine... otherwise known as "Henbane". It's in the Solanaceae, the nightshade family. Don't eat it!  

 Wrong!!

[Auricular]

Sorry Maggi but thats Physalis edulis/peruviana

 

Regards

Bernie

[Maggi Young]

Oops! So it is, Bernie!  That'll teach me to pay more attention!!

 Just reacted to my first impression of the flower... should have looked closer and at the foliage.... sorry, Christine.... so.... when the fruits are ready, you can munch with impunity!
In fact, I belive that a  pyrrolidine alkaloid, phygrine has been shown to have beneficial effects in the treatment of some cancers.... so a plant that is  more useful than than just being pretty and tasty!

[ChrisB]

Thanks Maggi & Berni.  I'll put its label in now.  However, I can't see it listed in our seed list, so maybe a rogue seed from some other packet1

[gote]

Oops! So it is, Bernie!  That'll teach me to pay more attention!!

 Just reacted to my first impression of the flower... should have looked closer and at the foliage.... sorry, Christine.... so.... when the fruits are ready, you can munch with impunity!
In fact, I belive that a  pyrrolidine alkaloid, phygrine has been shown to have beneficial effects in the treatment of some cancers.... so a plant that is  more useful than than just being pretty and tasty!

I made the same misidentification aggie but I was not quick enough to post it  Phew   
Göte