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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Datura stramonium
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Datura

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Datura stramonium

ALSO KNOWN AS

Jimsonweed

Plant family

Potato (Solanaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Also known as jimsonweed, this plant has creamy white flowers with a purplish marking near the center and a round, spiky fruit that splits into 4 parts.
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Also known as jimsonweed, this plant has creamy white flowers with a purplish marking near the center and a round, spiky fruit that splits into 4 parts.

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Datura flowers throughout the summer and the flowers generally open at night. Moths are important pollinators for Datura because of their nocturnal blooming. Being a member of the nightshade family, Datura is highly toxic if ingested.

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Arizona , California , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Hawaii , Iowa , Idaho , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , Nevada , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , Virginia , Vermont , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia
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