Datura stramonium
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- dah-TOO-rah stra-MOH-nee-um
- This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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Annual herb or herbaceous perennial, stem green to purplish, ill-scented, with alternate, simple, coarsely toothed leaves; flower solitary, large, tubular with 5 shallow lobes at top, white or lavender. Flowers open at night and are quite fragrant and fed upon by nocturnal moths.
It is found in weedy in disturbed areas, along roadsides, old fields, pastures, waste places; landscape as weed in gardens
While all parts of poisionus, it is mainly the seeds and leaves. It is toxic only in large quanities.
Frost sensitive
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Datura
- Species:
- stramonium
- Family:
- Solanaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Texas to Central America and Caribbean
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts moths.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Perennial
- Poisonous
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Fruit Value To Gardener:
- Showy
- Fruit Type:
- Capsule
- Fruit Description:
- Egg-shaped seed capsule can be spiny or smooth, with many glossy black seeds.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Shape:
- Trumpet
- Flower Petals:
- fused petals
- Flower Size:
- 3-6 inches
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Gray/Silver
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Leaf Margin:
- Dentate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Purple/Lavender
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Naturalized Area
- Attracts:
- Moths
- Problems:
- Poisonous to Humans
- Weedy
