What can this be lurking between my dwarf beans?

Definately not (knowingly) planted it ....

1. Full pic of plant amongst beans
2. The "flower"
3. The "fruits"
4. Flowers and fruit.

 

White Bryony?

 

looks like Deadly nightshade to me. some variety of it, anyway

 

Erm .... ... that's poisonous, isn't it??? Where on earth did that come from

Ok, so, what is the best way to get rid of it? Yank and burn?

 

It's not White Bryony as I have that around the property. Looks more like White Nightshade ... isn't Deadly Nightshade purple?

http://www.google.pt/search?hl=pt-PT&pq=nightshade&cp=20&gs_id=7&xhr=t&q=solanum ptycanthum&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&biw=1280&bih=653&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=UN5AUPXlKKHN0QW4woGIBw

 

Black Nightshade, Solanum Nigrum. Its not that poisonous, in fact there is a variety that you can make stuff out of, think its called something like Var, guiness or something.

You can compost it, but the seeds will keep coming back if the heap doesn't get hot enough.

 

I said White Nightshade and put up a link for Black Nightshade ... but it's all black and white to me ...

 

Yes, its a solanum, otherwise known as deadly nightshade. Cannot remember the name of the actual plant in the solanum greoup it belongs to. Sometimes called Belladonna.

Oh I see while I was dithering here you have already got some answers.

 

Deadly Nightshade is a lot bigger. Black nightshade is a very common weed of cultivated ground. Woody Nightshade is more common on roadsides & railway banks, it has pretty purple flowers followed by actractive red berries.

Do you know, in all my years of Botinating, i've never found a Deadly Nightshade

 

Well I think its nightshade, and I'll say no more.
Deadly, woody, white or black, its a weed so pull it out.

 

That sounds like the line up for a punk band Pete

 

yeh, wot he said ^^

 

Thank you, all First time in my life I've ever come across one. It has now been yanked but not before I educated the family on what it looks like, what it is and why it is not permitted in our garden.

Cheeky 18yo told his Dad to be careful of eating any home cooked grub over the next few day ... particularly if he's upset me for any reason

 

d'you know, I dont think I've seen a nightshade since I was a kid!