pretty plant - What in earth is it? (haha)

[Tanya]

I found this plant as a wee tiny thing in the soil of another plant, hyacinth, I bought from M&S.
It grew very fast and in the sun produces pretty little white flowers that bend back on themselves. The leaves and stem are slightly fuzzy to the touch.
I can see on the same stem of the flower are strange green berrys apperaring. What is this:confused:

[Summer House]

Hi Tanya,

I have had a look in my books and I think you have a plant called Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum) or Green Nightshade (Solanum sarrachoides) it is POISONOUS so handle with care. The flowers look like a Potato or Tomato flower which also grow green berries but Potatoes we all no and Tomatoes grow their flowers on stems very like B. N. but the flower stem comes out of the leaf joint and not from the side of the main stem. The Tomato leaf is different to the one in the picture and they have that very strong Tomato smell. So unless someone comes up with a better idea I would treat it as B.N. or G.N.

I hope this will be of some help,

Summer House

[Tanya]

Thankyou Summer House, you have been very helpful. I lack that gardening jargon that stopped me finding out what it is.

I had my suspisions about it being a tomato plant as I have grown them before, but this plant didn't have that lovely tomato vine smell.

I "googled" Black Nightshade(Solanum nigrum) and I found my plant!
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/black_nightshade.htm

Apparantly the foilage and the berries when green are poisonous as conatins the toxic alkaloid, solanum. The berries can be eaten if they are fully ripe and eaten in small quantities, but I won't be rushing to it with my basket when these black berries appear. Nor will I be planting it in my garden as I do not want to see this slightly weedy plant all over the place!

Oh what to do with it now? I will see if there is somewhere for it in my new house next week!

Thank again Summer House, you made my day! Even though I am cultivating a poisonous weed!

Tanya