Can anyone identify this plant please?

Audrey Osborne

this plant is growing in abundance in my aunts garden in South Wales. It scatters it’s seeds and they pop up everywhere. The flower is similar to a datura but much smaller and the seed heads are beautiful both before flowering and after. 

Dovefromabove

Nicandra physaloides ... the Shoofly plant  https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/seeds/annuals/nicandra_physalodes.htm

It's popping up in my veg patch this year ... from germinated wild bird seed.  We've had a lot of reports of it this year ... presumably it liked the long warm summer.

Hostafan1

shoo fly plant I think. It comes from bird seed.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=538 

Lyn

Nicandra (Shoo Fly)

Hostafan1

too slow @Lyn, 

Dovefromabove

You were both too slow @Hostafan1     

Audrey Osborne

Audrey Osborne said:

this plant is growing in abundance in my aunts garden in South Wales. It scatters it’s seeds and they pop up everywhere. The flower is similar to a datura but much smaller and the seed heads are beautiful both before flowering and after. 

Audrey Osborne

Hey thanks all ..........................my aunt will be so pleased to have a name for her "magical" plant she loves it so much.