Chilli or Weed

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  1. painted lady

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    My Son has been growing assorted chilli peppers and this has grown in one of the pots. To me it looks like a weed.

    Can anybody verify if indeed this is a chilli or just a garden weed?

    Thank you for any help you can give.
     
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    Looks like a weed to me, i could be wrong though.......looks like its going to flower/open though soon.
     
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      :scratch: Well the leaves look wrong for a chilli to me, but it does look a bit like Gysophila elegans or Babies breath to me.. Used in flower arranging & as a border annual usually..
       
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      Not a chilli, but looks quite nice.
       
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      leaves are too elongated to be a chilly - if I remember right.
       
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      Thank you everyone who replied.

      The buds have now come into flower and it is most certainly some kind of weed.

      Oh the look on Dan's face when he realised it wasn't a Jalokia!!!

      Painted Lady :)
       
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