Carolina horsenettle

Description:

A plant that has spiky thorns and grows by a pond, the seeds look like tomatoes, considered a weed.Flowering - May - October. Habitat - Waste ground, disturbed sites, pastures, roadsides, railroads. Origin - Native to U.S. Other info. - The flowers of this species are fairly showy. They can range in color from white to purple. The plant is toxic and the spines can be painful if the plant is handled carelessly. Steyermark lists two forms for the species. Form albiflorum Benke has white flowers and is shown above. Form carolinense has purple-blue or violet petals.

Habitat:

By a pond.

Notes:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...