I used to find these in my community garden plot, and they fooled me every times. I'd go to pull it & find the thorns, "Ouch!" Then I cursed it..."Bastard!" Eventually I thought of it as the Ouch Bastard plant.
Despite looking quite similar, this is NOT a nightshade family plant! The way the base of the leaf blade attaches to the petiole is wrong for Solanum carolinense. There are no prickles present either - just little hairs that sort of resemble prickles.
Your plant is one of the maple/nettle-leaved goosefoots, Chenopodiastrum sp. [Here are some found in Michigan for comparison.](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=29&taxon_id=514011)
More info:
[https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/maple-leaf-goosefoot](https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/maple-leaf-goosefoot)
[https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Chenopodium+murale](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Chenopodium+murale)
Several guesses that this is Carolina horse nettle.  That is incorrect.  With a plant this size you would see the spines on the stem and there are none in the picture.  It would also have rougher leaves.  The eastern black nightshade is a closer guess.  Compare to the second picture here https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/encyclopedia/eastern-black-nightshade
Does it have yellowish spines on the stem? If so, it could be Solanum carolinense (horsenettle) and is toxic. I find these frequently in our cow pastures, they never touch the things.
My first thought was Jimsonweed, but the stem doesn't look quite right for that. It looks like you might have some lambsquarter started in the bottom left. Does anyone know of a variety of lambsquarter with spikey leaves?
Looks like it could be a baby Jimson weed. ED: Yeah, could be a nightshade, like the ones with the yellow and purple flowers. If no thorns Imma stick with Jimson weed though.
it looks like some kind of Datura, *Datura Stramonium* maybe.
If so it is very hallucinogenic yet very toxic.
"datura" comes from some indian language "dhat thora" that means "hallucinogenic poison"
some ancient cultures would use it as a torture against their captured enemies. They would force the guy to drink this plant infusion and tie him up on the forest floor where some hatful fucking ants would bite the shit out of him while he's having the most awful meltdown
Steve.
I came here to say Bob
Also came here to say Bob. Sorry Steve.
I thought it was Stevie-Bob.
I think she's more of a Sally
I used to find these in my community garden plot, and they fooled me every times. I'd go to pull it & find the thorns, "Ouch!" Then I cursed it..."Bastard!" Eventually I thought of it as the Ouch Bastard plant.
😂
Despite looking quite similar, this is NOT a nightshade family plant! The way the base of the leaf blade attaches to the petiole is wrong for Solanum carolinense. There are no prickles present either - just little hairs that sort of resemble prickles. Your plant is one of the maple/nettle-leaved goosefoots, Chenopodiastrum sp. [Here are some found in Michigan for comparison.](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=29&taxon_id=514011) More info: [https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/maple-leaf-goosefoot](https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/maple-leaf-goosefoot) [https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Chenopodium+murale](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Chenopodium+murale)
If it has thorns on the underside, Solanum carolinense
Don’t touch them and then put your fingers in your mouth! Your tongue will go numb! There, saved you that lesson!
Thamn. Thould’ve ‘ead thith fi’thst.
Bhahahaha! Underrated comment!
Peter. Looks like a Peter
Peter is our cat 😂
Wendy
Several guesses that this is Carolina horse nettle.  That is incorrect.  With a plant this size you would see the spines on the stem and there are none in the picture.  It would also have rougher leaves.  The eastern black nightshade is a closer guess.  Compare to the second picture here https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/encyclopedia/eastern-black-nightshade
https://preview.redd.it/xemeuck9gl7d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e85b609bfcce854845e605303991a31ba0975238 Common name(s): Mapleleaf Goosefoot, Sowbane
Franklin
Rupert. Definitely a Rupert.
Got some lambs quarters bottom left it looks like…
Black nightshade perhaps?
Leaves aren't quite right. Same family but this is Carolina horse nettle.
Datura? If so, toxic
Agreed. And also Becky.
Looks more like horse nettle. Same family.
my guess is also Datura
Mitch Headweed
Looks like datura but that leaf morphology is different. 🤔 It’s definitely not datura.
Does it have yellowish spines on the stem? If so, it could be Solanum carolinense (horsenettle) and is toxic. I find these frequently in our cow pastures, they never touch the things.
Need another picture of stems. Possibly lambs quarters
That was my first impression, too. But I would advise the OP not to eat it.
If we had more pictures we could positively ID but not just with this picture
It does have more of a Solanum look though
Harvey
Jim or James ( Jimson Weed)
Some type of nightshade?
It’s the Karen of your yard.
Wild spinach!!
My first thought was Jimsonweed, but the stem doesn't look quite right for that. It looks like you might have some lambsquarter started in the bottom left. Does anyone know of a variety of lambsquarter with spikey leaves?
I name her Elsie
Think it fat hen but not sure
I had to look this up. Seems like all the responses are sorting into either solanum or Chenopodium.
Looks like it could be a baby Jimson weed. ED: Yeah, could be a nightshade, like the ones with the yellow and purple flowers. If no thorns Imma stick with Jimson weed though.
No thorns
Durman aka Datura this is how we call it. It’s poisonous
it looks like some kind of Datura, *Datura Stramonium* maybe. If so it is very hallucinogenic yet very toxic. "datura" comes from some indian language "dhat thora" that means "hallucinogenic poison" some ancient cultures would use it as a torture against their captured enemies. They would force the guy to drink this plant infusion and tie him up on the forest floor where some hatful fucking ants would bite the shit out of him while he's having the most awful meltdown