View source for Datura stramonium

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Datura stramonium
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 179. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Devil’s apple or weed;herbe aux sorciers;Jamestown weed;mad-apple;pomme épineuse;stink-wort;stramonium;stramoine commune
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Datura stramonium var. tatula
|authority=(Linnaeus) Torrey
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=D. tatula
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Datura;Datura stramonium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Datura]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Datura stramonium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>annual, to 15 dm. <b>Stems</b> sometimes purple, sparsely puberulent, glabrescent. <b>Leaf</b> blades broadly ovate, to 22 × 12 cm, margins coarsely sinuate-dentate, surfaces glabrescent. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx hairy along veins, tube cylindric, 5-toothed; corolla usually white, sometimes purplish, trumpet-shaped, (5–)6–11 cm, acuminate lobes alternating with sinuses. <b>Capsules</b> erect, dehiscent by 4 valves, pericarp dry, glabrous or hairy, with prickles ± equal, to 15 mm; calyx remnant not accrescent. <b>Seeds</b> black, 3–4 mm, convex marginal ridge absent, testa rugose; caruncle absent. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Gardens, cultivated fields, irrigation ditches, pastures, road and trail margins, waste places.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;introduced nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Although a weed found throughout the world, Datura stramonium is probably native to central and southern Mexico and accompanied the expansion of Mesoamerican agriculture. Based upon a revised interpretation of ancient Latin and Greek texts, A. Touwaide (1998) argued that it was known in the Old World prior to the discovery of the New World in 1492. The delirious consequences of the British soldiers’ consumption of young leaves at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1676 led to the application of the common name of jimsonweed to D. stramonium (R. Beverley 1705).</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Datura stramonium
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Datura stramonium var. tatula;D. tatula
|basionyms=
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Gardens, cultivated fields, irrigation ditches, pastures, road and trail margins, waste places.
|elevation=0–1800 m.
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;introduced nearly worldwide.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Datura
|species=Datura stramonium
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Datura]]