Arkensiel Photography

By arkensielphoto

Deadly Nightshade Berries

A dull, but not a cold day, much of which has been spent catching up with the past week, which seems to have disappeared faster than usual.
 
Today’s picture is of some ripe and unripe Deadly Nightshade Berries; a sign of Autumn I fear.
 
Today’s extra picture is of a weed, which I have not yet been able to identify. When the new topsoil was placed in our orchard, where our own topsoil had been removed, despite being sown with grass seed this weed predominates. Where I came from in The Fens it was known as ‘Mucker Weed’; I have placed its picture on iSpot so hopefully it will be identified on there, if not on here.

Update: Experts on iSpot have identified my weed in today's extra picture as Galinsoga Parviflora. 

The following is from Wikipedia 

Galinsoga parviflora is an herbaceous plant in the Asteracease (daisy) family. It has several common names including guasca (Colombia), mielcilla (Costa Rica), galinsoga (NZ), gallant soldier (UK) (USA), and potato weed. It is also known by the taxonomic name Tridax parviflora. Galinsoga parviflora was brought from Peru to Kew Gardens in 1796, and later escaped to the wild in Great Britain and Ireland. In Britain its name Galinsoga is sometimes popularly rendered as "gallant soldiers", and then sometimes altered to "soldiers of the Queen". In Colombia it is used as a spice herb in the soup, Ajiaco. It can also be used as an ingredient in leaf salads. In much of the world it is considered a weed.

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